Todd Palmer

Roy Proven

Mike Wojtowecz

MENTOR

CONTENTS

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• What is a Mentor

• Objectives

• Getting Started

• Program

• Conclusion

• Demonstration

• Questions/Comments

• Robotic Arm

• 5 different axes of movement

Waist

Shoulder

Elbow

Wrist

Grip

WHAT IS A MENTOR?

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• Simulate real world applications

• Stack 3 different sized blocks

• Exercise team building

OBJECTIVES

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GETTING STARTED

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• Marked on the table where the wooden platform would be set

• Designed a removable overlay for block positions

• Starting with blocks on the left

• Ending with 3 stacks on the right

• Labeled each block with a number and subscript

• Define movements needed to complete the task

• Start programming

PROGRAM

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CONCLUSION

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• Minimal Program skills required

• Accomplished team building

• Robot controls flawed and constrained

• Many practical applications

• Shipping yards

• Packing companies

• Construction/Heavy Equipment

• Perfection can’t always be achieved

DEMONSTRATION

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybEtZ8Jwjk

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

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