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Robot Projects

Sophisticated designs elementary fabrication

Six-Oar TrimaranMDA Press

Swimming Robot

November 22, 2024/by Prof. McCarthy

Jiaji Li has completed the design, fabrication and testing of his Oar-Driven Unmanned Surface Vehicle, better known as his Swimming Robot. The video below shows a rendering of the final design, testing of the coordination of the oars, which are driven in sets of three by two motors. And, finally, shows the robot swimming in […]

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Oar-Driven Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Oar-Driven Unmanned Surface Vehicle

November 22, 2024/by Prof. McCarthy

This trimaran designed by Jiaji Li has three oars supported by spherical four-bar linkages on each side.  A motor on each side drives the set of three oars, and the relative speed of the motors steers the trimaran.  The result is a robot that swims.

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Stegosaurus walkerMDA Press

Eight Legs, Two Motors and a Lot of Personality

December 19, 2023
Please take a look at the videos demonstrating these Robot Walkers. Our…
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Jiaji Li's robotic rowboatMDA Press

Jiaji Li’s Robotic Rowboat

December 17, 2023
Jiaji Li has succeeded in building a prototype Robotic Rowboat.…
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BYU Zoom LectureMDA Press

Quaternions in Kinematics: BYU Lecture

October 18, 2023
Students at BYU formed a study group advised by Prof. Denise…
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Ruiqi Mao's Panda WalkerMDA Press

Ruiqi Mao’s Panda Walker

September 4, 2023
This Eight-Legged Walker with two stepper motor drives controlled…
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Mini StarshipMDA Press

The Mini Starship Delivery Robot

August 25, 2023
Angelina Licos is a UCI engineering student who seems to have…
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The Bored Robot

Tutorials on electronics and controls

Arduino-USB-CableMDA Press

Getting to Know the Arduino IDE

December 7, 2024
By Brandon Tsuge, In this post, we will see how to…
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Motor Control HardwareMDA Press

Remote Control of a Brushed DC Motor

December 7, 2024
By Brandon Tsuge, Introduction In this post, we’ll…
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Arduino Nano UnoMDA Press

How To Get Started With Robotics At Home

December 7, 2024
By Brandon Tsuge, If you’ve ever wanted to get started…
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Creative Works

New ideas come from storytellers

Red Lines, Part 4MDA Press

Red Lines, Part 4

December 20, 2024/by Prof. McCarthy

By Chris McCarthy Leo gets the girls what seems to be a safe place, and then things take a turn for the worse… Leo drives the van out of the small parking lot and from this vantage point sees why Jack and his team chose it. It’s well hidden and poorly lit. You could look […]

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Exponential Threat, Part 4MDA Press

Exponential Threat, Part 4

December 20, 2024
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Exponential Threat, Part 3MDA Press

Exponential Threat, Part 3

December 20, 2024
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Red Lines Knife ep 3MDA Press

Red Lines, Part 3

December 17, 2024
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Exponential Threat, Part 2MDA Press

Exponential Threat, Part 2

December 2, 2024
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Racecar Engineering

Big projects need a team

Solar Car PanelsMDA Press

ZotSun: UCI Entry in the Formula Sun Grand Prix

December 12, 2024
Design of the 2025 Formul Sun Competition Vehicle: The…
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Baja SubsystemsMDA Press

UCI Anteater Baja Racing: Five Months to the Competition

December 12, 2024
Design of the 2025 Baja Competition Vehicle: The UCI…
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California Shootout 2024MDA Press

UCI Anteater Electric Racing: Six Months to the 2025 Competition

December 11, 2024
Design of the 2025 EV Competition Vehicle: The UCI Anteater…
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UCI Vehicle Performance Engineering LabMDA Press

UCI Ready for Racecar Engineering Season

September 1, 2023
The Vehicle Performance Engineering Lab is clean and ready for…
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Linkage Designs

Interesting linkages and articulated systems

Aileron Linkage

Colin Sledge’s Aileron Linkage

December 23, 2012
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Colin Sledge designed this linkage to guide an airfoil section…
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Brendan Smith’s Monitor Linkage

Brendan Smith’s Monitor Linkage

December 23, 2012
Brendan Smith designed this six-bar linkage to guide a big-screen…
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Adam Shutt’s Automotive Spoiler Linkage

December 23, 2012
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Adam Shutt designed this six-bar linkage to guide the movement…
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bookcase linkage

Yang Liu’s Bookcase Linkages

December 23, 2012
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Yang Liu designed a four-bar and a six-bar linkage to guide a…
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Kassim Eightbar

Kassim’s Eight-bar Linkage

November 20, 2012
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Kassim Abdul-Sater designed this eight-bar linkage to guide a…
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Six-bar folding handle

November 13, 2012
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Siqi Shi designed this six-bar linkage to guide a folding handle…
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Flower linkage

Six-bar flower

November 4, 2012
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Tim Rasmussen designed this six-bar linkage to guide the petals…
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Butterfly six-bar

Six-bar butterfly

November 4, 2012
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Mohamed Ali designed this six-bar linkage to guide the wings…
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Another Flower

Another four-bar linkage flower

October 24, 2012
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Mohamed Ali prepared this video of the four-bar linkage he designed…
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MechGen Flower

A four-bar linkage flower

October 24, 2012
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Cameron Turner prepared this video of his four-bar linkage flower.…
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Red Lines, Part 4MDA Press

Red Lines, Part 4

December 20, 2024
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Exponential Threat, Part 4

December 20, 2024
By Chris McCarthy The conclusion of our story finds our heroes…
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Exponential Threat, Part 3MDA Press

Exponential Threat, Part 3

December 20, 2024
By Chris McCarthy Things go from bad to worse as Trong and…
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Red Lines, Part 3

December 17, 2024
By Chris McCarthy Leo is in anaphylactic shock. The cop…
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Solar Car PanelsMDA Press

ZotSun: UCI Entry in the Formula Sun Grand Prix

December 12, 2024
Design of the 2025 Formul Sun Competition Vehicle: The…
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Baja SubsystemsMDA Press

UCI Anteater Baja Racing: Five Months to the Competition

December 12, 2024
Design of the 2025 Baja Competition Vehicle: The UCI…
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California Shootout 2024MDA Press

UCI Anteater Electric Racing: Six Months to the 2025 Competition

December 11, 2024
Design of the 2025 EV Competition Vehicle: The UCI Anteater…
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Arduino-USB-CableMDA Press

Getting to Know the Arduino IDE

December 7, 2024
By Brandon Tsuge, In this post, we will see how to…
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Motor Control HardwareMDA Press

Remote Control of a Brushed DC Motor

December 7, 2024
By Brandon Tsuge, Introduction In this post, we’ll…
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Arduino Nano UnoMDA Press

How To Get Started With Robotics At Home

December 7, 2024
By Brandon Tsuge, If you’ve ever wanted to get started…
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