Machine Week 2023
everything's connected but nothing's working !Your (Group) Task
Each section will design and build a "machine" - this means anything that includes mechanism, actuation, automation and application, that just means:
Mechanism: mechanical degrees-of-freedom (DOF)
Stuff shuld move around.
Actuation: computer-controllable motion of the above DOFs
The motion should be computer controlled.
Automation / Application software-coordinated computer-control of the above, and i.e. sequences therein
The motion should result in some desired outcome... maybe make something, draw something, change something, assemble something, sort something, cast a spell, etc.
We can also think more broadly about "tools" - what does it mean to build a computer-controlled system that acts like a tool, interacting with the world but being mediated by some designer's intent... it's a foamcore world.
Examples / Ideas
The machines you design and build don't need to be complicated - try to de-risk ideas early, and do stuff that "works right away" rather than complex projects that require hundreds of details to come together all at once in order to work. This can be fun; have fun.
Label Maker
Wire Cutter
Music Machines
String / Floating Machines
Architecture-Scale / Space Transforming
Claw Machine
Robot Chainsaw Machine
Robot Basketball Hoop
Examples from this Kit
Framing
T gusset [file]
Elbow gusset [file]
Belt Axis [file]
Leadscrew Axis [file]
A Rotary Axis [file] [notes]
The Blot / Drawing Machine [notes]
The Guhzylophone
...
Air Drumming
...
MechE (examples)
- clank
- corexy (of dave)
- beehive axes
- clank-mudstack-extruder design pattern
- ... add some more
Examples
- the blot (or some plotter: motion control, servo, stepper)
- xylophone (motion control, low-fet, stepper)
- drum stik (accel, low-fet)
Stable Circuits
- stepper
- servo
- low-fet
- BNO085
Making new Things
- how-to-add a new thing
The Kit
| Part | QTY | Ordered ? | Arrived ? | Kitted ? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| FHCS M5x10 | x | x | x | x |
| FHCS M5x20 | x | x | x | x |
| FHCS M5x30 | x | x | x | x |
| FHCS M5x40 | x | x | x | x |
| SHCS M5x10 | x | x | x | x |
| SHCS M5x20 | x | x | x | x |
| Nylock M5 | x | x | x | x |
| Washer M5 | x | x | x | x |
| FHCS M3x8 | x | x | x | x |
| SHCS M3x8 | x | x | x | x |
| SHCS M3x16 | x | x | x | x |
| Nylock M3 | x | x | x | x |
| Washer M3 | x | x | x | x |
| Aluminum Spacer | 10 | x | x | x |
| Eccentric Spacers | 10 | x | no | no |
| Extrusion Situations | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| V-Groove Extrusion 2020 | 2x 1000mm | x | x | x |
| HFS5-2060 | 3x 2000mm | x | x | x |
| Extrusion Corner Brackets | 20 | x | x | x |
| Extrusion Post-Install T-Nuts | x | x | x | x |
| USB | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 8-Port Powered USB Hub | 1 | x | x | x |
| USB A to C Cables | 7 | x | x | x |
| USB C to C 240W Cables | 1 | x | x | x |
| USB PD Charger | 1 | x | x | x |
| USB PD Decoys | 2 | x | x | x |
| Motors | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NEMA17 Motors | 5 | x | x | x |
| Standard Size Servos | 2 | x | no | no |
| Mini Size Servos | 2 | x | x | x |
| Transmission | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kevlar 8800K43 | 50ft | x | x | no |
| GT2 Pulleys | 4 | x | x | x |
| GT2 Belt Open | - | x | x | x |
| GT2 Belt Closed 280mm | 2 | x | x | x |
| 6808 Bearings | 2 | x | no | no |
| 625 Bearings | 10 | x | x | x |
| 625F Bearings | 10 | x | x | x |
| Standard Roller Wheels | 20 | x | x | x |
| Small Roller Wheels | 20 | x | x | x |
| Misc | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Limit Switches | 5 | x | x | x |
Strategies
- prototype in cardboard, mechanisms can move 'by hand'
Useful Design Notes
How to Make Something that Makes Almost Anything
MechE
slocum: FUNdaMENTALS
mechanical design principles
transmissions
kinematics
materials
common mechanical design patterns
EE (power electronics):
common switching architectures
commutating motors