Demo 3 - Crane

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Autonomous Crane | Hexapod Walker

System Architecture | Software Design | Electrical Design | Mechanical Design

Crane

This demonstrates a robot crane picking up and moving blocks autonomously. The blocks are brought to the crane using a remote controlled hexapod walker, which activates the crane using a bump switch at the base. remote control. A camera on the robot is used for the remote user to see where the gripper is and where the blocks are. The remote user sends movement commands to the robot over the network.

This project was completed in partnership with with Michael Kepler, David Hatch, and Andrew Huttner. See Michael's project page here, David's project page here, and Andrew's project page here.