http://www.ubcopenrobotics.ca/projects/project/?id=4
Amount of funding awarded
709.43
Budget Report
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How the program has supported you
With the support of PAF funding, the Pianobot team has been able to purchase materials and parts for electrical and mechanical prototyping and design. One of our main goals this year was to redesign and establish a prototype for the robot’s hand-base and fingers. On the mechanical side, we were able to build a hand-base and also test different finger designs with 3D printing materials that were purchased. On the electrical side, the team developed a motor driver system which drives the fingers movements and we were able to order our PCB design and populate our circuit board with components for system testing and integration with the software.
Outcomes
By working on the Pianobot project, students are developing their professional and engineering skills. Throughout the design and testing of the robotic system, students must exercise their debugging and problem solving skills collaboratively. Specifically, the ability to assess the situation or identify the problem, develop a unique solution, and to test, evaluate, and revise the solution all within a team setting. There is a strong emphasis on communication within the team, in order to cross pollinate ideas and innovate on a stronger level. Furthermore, there are a variety of industry-specific skills that students hone while working on this project such as PCB design, electrical troubleshooting, mechanical CAD design, and programming languages like C++ and Python. Depending on current tasks and project goals, team members are able to delve further into developing the technical skills they are interested in while building the project.
