ESE - 519 Final Project
About the project:
Finding a parking spot in an urban area is becoming increasingly difficult. Street side
parking is limited and traditional parking garages consume a large area a lot of which is used to
make a path for a car to reach a parking spot. In a world where everything is becoming automated,
we need compact, high-capacity automated parking garage. We intend to build a miniature model of compact, high-capacity automated parking garage.
We intend to demonstrate that the mechanical ideas in this model can be scaled for real world use.
- YouTube links:
- Initial Design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=UvUD-xk01Fo&feature=youtu.be - Pitch with Sahib:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7t2rlhlx0f7zfp8/00019.MTS?dl=0 - Final Design: https://youtu.be/nesvYS1JGuw
- GitHub link: https://github.com/ese-519/Baby-Opex
- Images:
1. The complete Frame
2. Bot's horizontal to vertical motion
3. Bot stopping at a level based on frequency read
Future Work:
If we were to take this project forward, in the next
iteration we would consider implementing the following ideas.
- Construct a large exoskeleton (possibly using 8020) which would allow you to bolt and position different parts of the frame. This would enable you to make slight adjustments in the distances between parts to ensure that the robot is able to move perfectly.
- Use thicker acrylic (or even thicker metal) to make the rack and pinion. This way stacking of parts is not required and there is more traction.
- Moving to a 1 motor design for the robot possibly using a set of gears or a simple belt.
- Making the frame wider to accommodate a conveyor belt on the robot to deliver goods. We were not able to accomplish this because the axel provided with the differential gear was too short. With a one motor design this may no longer be a constraint.
