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Jewelry BoxesMDA Press

Spherical Linkage Opening a Jewelry Box

January 3, 2025
Austin Suh has designed a variety of spherical linkages that…
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Oar-Driven Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Oar-Driven Unmanned Surface Vehicle

November 22, 2024
This trimaran designed by Jiaji Li has three oars supported by…
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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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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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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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ARAF EV and BajaMDA Press

2024 UCI Racecar Engineering

August 9, 2023
Universities across Southern California start soon, and Engineering…
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15 Terrific WalkersMDA Press

15 Terrific Robot Walkers

July 3, 2023
This Spring quarter 60 students divided into 15 teams to design…
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Fall 2021 Mechanical Walker Designs

Fall 2021 Mechanical Walker Designs

December 3, 2021
This video presents the mechanical walker prototypes designed…
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MDA

Design of Mechanical Walking Robots

September 17, 2021
Now Available on Amazon In this book, we present the detailed…
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Prototype Four-Legged Mechanical Walker

Prototype Four-Legged Mechanical Walker

June 18, 2020
Kevin Chen and Arwa Tizani designed this four-legged mechanical…
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Six-Legged Mechanical WalkerMDA

The Design of Mechanical Walkers: Spring 2020 Student Projects

June 15, 2020
While isolated to slow infections of the Coronavirus, over 60…
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Halloween Display 2019

Halloween Display 2019

November 2, 2019
This video shows how the linkage systems moving spooky decorations…
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Design Research Dalian

Design Research in China: Dalian

December 31, 2016
This is the third of five videos highlighting design research…
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Design Research Xian

Design Research in China: Xi’an

December 13, 2016
This video of our visit to Xi'an captures the beauty of the…
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Design Research Tianjin

Design Research in China: Tianjin

November 24, 2016
Chris McCarthy filmed and edited this video of our visit…
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Kaustubh and Mark

Mark Plecnik, PhD and Kaustubh Sonawale, PhD

June 7, 2015
Mark Plecnik and Kaustubh Sonawale both successfully presented…
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Rescue Robotics: Project Based Learning

December 28, 2014
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UCI, Vital Link and Orange County high schools and colleges…
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UCI’s 2013 Fall Design Review

UCI’s 2013 Fall Design Review

January 8, 2014
Over 80 student teams from across the Samueli School of Engineering…
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UCI’s 2013 Fall Design Review

2013 Solar Decathlon

August 9, 2013
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Inside Irvine has an article about the 2013 Solar Decathlon…
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