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Robotics Research Engineer Senthur Ayyappan, right, speaks with Japmanjeet Singh Gill, left, a Robotics PhD student, during the ROB 311 annual Ball-Bot competition in the atrium of the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on North Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
The course, How to Build Robots and Make Them Move (ROB 311), focuses on the basic principles of mechanical design, control, fabrication, actuation, instrumentation, and the necessary computer interfaces for executing robotic systems. Students are taught to analyze and simulate rigid body kinematics, kinetics, and dynamics and also evaluate the impedance properties of their designs. Not only are theoretical concepts stressed, but 'hands-on' skills are equally emphasized. The course culminates in a four-part competition that tests the students and their designs requiring a variety of movements and in different environments.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Detail photo of display on one of the tools in the shop which is located in the George G. Brown Laboratories building on the North Campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Tuesday afternoon, January 30, 2024. The display and adjustable height arm is one of the updates that makes the space more accessible.
The ME Labs Team, which consists of Lab Manager Don Wirkner, Engineering Technician Mike Klein, and Design Instruction Engineer Kemal Duran, have received the University of Michigan’s Distinguished Diversity Leaders Award for their work to expand accessibility in the ME Undergraduate Machine Shop. The team fabricated solutions to bring controls for industry standard equipment setups into reach for a wider array of body types and expanded aisleways to allow for greater ease of movement, particularly for those who use assistive mobility devices.
The ME Undergraduate Machine Shop is critical to the department’s educational programs. The shop provides creative, fabrication, and hands-on learning environments for students in ME design courses. Making use of mills, lathes, a water jet cutter, and other machines to transform raw materials into machine parts and intricate mechanisms, students build robot machine players (RMPs) in ME250, motor-driven mechanisms in ME350, and any number of other devices in the department's senior capstone design course, ME450.
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Two different half day workshops working with the same medium as the Birds workshops, proved to amaze us with their wonderful and wee creations - ladybugs & dragonflies and tiny little fairies....
Associate Professor Elliott Rouse, who holds a joint appointment in Robotics and Mechanical Engineering, center, laying out ground rules for student teams participating in the end-of-year Ball-Bot competition for Robotics 311. The annual event takes place in the atrium of the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on North Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
The course, How to Build Robots and Make Them Move (ROB 311), focuses on the basic principles of mechanical design, control, fabrication, actuation, instrumentation, and the necessary computer interfaces for executing robotic systems. Students are taught to analyze and simulate rigid body kinematics, kinetics, and dynamics and also evaluate the impedance properties of their designs. Not only are theoretical concepts stressed, but 'hands-on' skills are equally emphasized. The course culminates in a four-part competition that tests the students and their designs requiring a variety of movements and in different environments.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Anish Balaji, right, and his teammate Jessica Huang, both undergraduate students in Robotics, balance their Ball-Bot as they prepare for the start of the ROB 311 annual Ball-Bot competition in the atrium of the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on North Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
The course, How to Build Robots and Make Them Move (ROB 311), focuses on the basic principles of mechanical design, control, fabrication, actuation, instrumentation, and the necessary computer interfaces for executing robotic systems. Students are taught to analyze and simulate rigid body kinematics, kinetics, and dynamics and also evaluate the impedance properties of their designs. Not only are theoretical concepts stressed, but 'hands-on' skills are equally emphasized. The course culminates in a four-part competition that tests the students and their designs requiring a variety of movements and in different environments.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Haesue Baik, left, looks up into the light as her teammate Rachel Weldy, center, works on her laptop during the ROB 311 annual Ball-Bot competition in the atrium of the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on North Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. Both women are undergraduate students in Robotics.
The course, How to Build Robots and Make Them Move (ROB 311), focuses on the basic principles of mechanical design, control, fabrication, actuation, instrumentation, and the necessary computer interfaces for executing robotic systems. Students are taught to analyze and simulate rigid body kinematics, kinetics, and dynamics and also evaluate the impedance properties of their designs. Not only are theoretical concepts stressed, but 'hands-on' skills are equally emphasized. The course culminates in a four-part competition that tests the students and their designs requiring a variety of movements and in different environments.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Celing Li, an undergraduate in Robotics, smiles and makes peace signs for the camera as she and other students prepare for the start of the ROB 311 annual Ball-Bot competition in the atrium of the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on North Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
The course, How to Build Robots and Make Them Move (ROB 311), focuses on the basic principles of mechanical design, control, fabrication, actuation, instrumentation, and the necessary computer interfaces for executing robotic systems. Students are taught to analyze and simulate rigid body kinematics, kinetics, and dynamics and also evaluate the impedance properties of their designs. Not only are theoretical concepts stressed, but 'hands-on' skills are equally emphasized. The course culminates in a four-part competition that tests the students and their designs requiring a variety of movements and in different environments.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing
Robotics Research Engineer Senthur Ayyappan, center, enters student teams into the scoreboard before the start of the ROB 311 annual Ball-Bot competition in the atrium of the Ford Motor Company Robotics Building on North Campus at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, on Wednesday, December 6, 2023.
The course, How to Build Robots and Make Them Move (ROB 311), focuses on the basic principles of mechanical design, control, fabrication, actuation, instrumentation, and the necessary computer interfaces for executing robotic systems. Students are taught to analyze and simulate rigid body kinematics, kinetics, and dynamics and also evaluate the impedance properties of their designs. Not only are theoretical concepts stressed, but 'hands-on' skills are equally emphasized. The course culminates in a four-part competition that tests the students and their designs requiring a variety of movements and in different environments.
Photo: Brenda Ahearn/University of Michigan, College of Engineering, Communications and Marketing