ORIGINAL CONCEPT
Senior design project.
Team of six Mechanical Engineering undergraduate students at the University of Central Florida.
Collaboration with Siemens & Viable Engineering Solutions.
Design Lead.
Created the parts that form the links between servo motors.
Remade existing servo motors and linear actuator to scale.
Constructed a maze design that has a maximum clearance of 76.2mm (3in) between obstacles.
Snake Bot head design by Dominic DeVito (V1 & V3) and Robert Kemp (V2).
Assembled all components to form the Snake Bot & maze concept.
Made in SolidWorks.
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"Turbomachinery inspection is one of the most critical part of energy and aviation industry. The critical challenge is to maneuver a probe into the intricate internal chambers of the blade assembly and acquire data. The spacing between turbine blades can be as low as one inch with multiple oblique cavities, which makes conventional mechanical robotic arms obsolete. Thus designing an inspection machine/robot capable of such tasks has become an intensely researched topic in the energy industry, with many recent prototypes competing with each other. In addition to turbine inspection, such snake bots find applications in unmanned search and rescue missions, space robotics and robotic surgery. The aim of this design project will be to develop a snake like segmented robot, which can navigate a simple obstacle course consisting of at least two/three sequential maneuver as the robot advances in one direction, for instance a staggered set of pillars. The design must be benchmarked against obstacle geometrical length scales vs the robotic length scales. Any type of prototype designs are sought. Skills that may be required – dynamics, strength of materials, raspberry pi programming, designing a controller, kinematic path planning."
