Project Info

Whaley the Robot

May / 2024 / Competition robot

  • Ma-Sha Prize, MIT 2.007

too many degrees of freedom

Whaley the Robot, a competition robot with a scissor lift and rack and pinion

A robot built for the Robotics Design Class at MIT featuring various mechanism to accomplish specific tasks on a unique game board.

Received the Ma-Sha Prize in the MIT 2.007 Annual Robot Competition, a prize for the most beautiful, elegant, and stunning robots.

Mechanisms

What I learned

There are way too many degrees of freedom for one little task. Any of them breaking means it doesn't work, and I could not control all of them fluidly with my controller.

Zhixing Chenzhixingc@mit.edu

Zhixing Chen

Artist. Designer. Engineer. Musician.

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