Kasey Norman, a student in the Digital Makers and Fabrication degree at University of Advancing Technology (UAT), newest robot had its first drive test recently. Take a look at the video for a first look at the semi-autonomous rover. Check back often for updates on this project in the near future!
Showing posts with label robotics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robotics. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Friday, September 2, 2011
Automatic Cat Feeder
It's 4am, and I'm sound asleep dreaming of robots when I'm startled awake by 10 lbs of hungry cat jumping on my face with a pleading "mew". I get up, feed the cats, and unsuccessfully attempt to resume my slumber. This scene repeated itself every day for only a couple weeks before I decided I needed an automatic cat feeder to maintain my sanity.
The feeder needed to only handle dry food, be able to ration food quantity so that the cats wouldn't get fat, and it needed to have a lot of storage so that the cats wouldn't starve while my wife and I were traveling. Similar off-the-shelf feeders cost upwards of $50, and I like a challenge, so I set out to build one myself.
Build details and more pictures after the break.
The feeder needed to only handle dry food, be able to ration food quantity so that the cats wouldn't get fat, and it needed to have a lot of storage so that the cats wouldn't starve while my wife and I were traveling. Similar off-the-shelf feeders cost upwards of $50, and I like a challenge, so I set out to build one myself.
Friday, April 22, 2011
Engineering Challenge - Integrate Functionality & Livability
Okay so maybe a few of my posts are going to be influenced by the TEDx talk I went to last night, mostly because my head started exploding with all these ideas because of the talks. So I issue a challenge to all my smarty fellow Robotics students [you can do this too Mueth], and any blog readers out there are more then welcome to join in as well. I want you to take 2 or more things and merge them in such a way to improve both their designs and functionality. To increase there aesthetic pleasure as well massively improve there use. Now at this point you're like WTF Kayla really? Yes, really. Its not hard I promise, I came up with like 3 really awesome ideas while just waiting for my ride to pick me up after the TEDx event. ^^ It was kind of funny seeing me trying to write down and draw them out as quickly as possible before I forgot them. And by the way this challenge is inspired by a Mr. Derren Petrucci who gave an amazing talk and who I think would be a good person for UAT's crazy Robotics division to work with~ *hinthintMuethhinthint*
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