<p>Rendering of Mechanical CAD model.</p>
MK4 Dashboard
<p>Gripper actuating, motion demonstration.</p>
Portfolio
<p>Cabinet opened with the lights turned on. Note the part platform and hardware UI.</p>
UV Resin Curing Cabinet

CHAMP: Compliant Hook Arboreal Mobility Platform (April of 2017)

<p>Gripper actuating, motion demonstration.</p>

Gripper actuating, motion demonstration.

Tree climbing robot.

Observing wildlife, monitoring forest health, conducting research, and detecting invasive species and infections are just a few of the crucial tasks that currently require humans to climb trees. Putting people into trees is an expensive and potentially dangerous task. The CHAMP (Compliant Hook Arboreal Mobility Platform) is a tree climbing robot that carries and controls job-specific payloads to improve the safety and efficiency of many arboreal tasks. Major Qualifying Project (MPQ, an undergraduate senior thesis project) at WPI.

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Involvement: Responsible for electrical control system, and remote control application. / Size: large / Domain: Mixed (Hardware, Software) / Team Size: Small Group / Mediums: Arduino, Electrical CAD, PCB Electronics, Protoboard Electronics, Python

Gallery

Prototype climbing a tree.

<p>Detail view of gripper attached to a tree.</p>

Detail view of gripper attached to a tree.

<p>Compliant grip position of gripper.</p>

Compliant grip position of gripper.

<p>Gripper demonstration.</p>

Gripper demonstration.

<p>Loaded abdomen.</p>

Loaded abdomen.

<p>Poster.</p>

Poster.