Research at Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab

In spring of 2018, I worked in the Biomimetics and Dexterous Manipulation Lab (BDML) under the supervision of Professor Mark Cutkosky. I worked on a project with a PHD student testing different materials on roller pulleys and comparing the energy consumption of the system.

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My Role

Designed, printed and constructed system to power the pulleys prior to rundown

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Designed, printed, constructed and implemented sensor mounts to detect rotational velocity of the pulleys using Solidworks

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Vetted and selected optical encoder disk and sensor to detect rotational velocity

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Programmed arduino software to take in data from sensor to calculate rotational velocity and energy consumption in spin-down

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Analyzed data in Matlab to determine efficiency of system and pulley inertias