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2.007 Design and Manufacturing I

Competition Robot

Designed, calculated, and manufactured a competition robot's drivetrain, selecting motor count and gear ratio from torque-speed analysis.

Drivetrain DesignManufacturing

Highlights

Graphed torque-speed curves across motor counts and gear ratios to select a 1:2 gear ratio for max power and torque
Prototyped the gear train in cardboard before machining the final aluminum drivetrain

Gearbox technical drawing — Gearbox layout drawing

Cardboard gear train prototype — Cardboard prototype of the gear train

CAD render of the competition robot — Full vehicle CAD render

Final machined robot drivetrain — Final machined drivetrain

Final robot on the workbench — Finished robot