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Modern Mechanical Automata

McCrate, Mark P.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1291146053

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2010, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering and Applied Science: Mechanical Engineering.
Robots are becoming evermore ubiquitous. Their design requires combining many engineering specializations. Initially, robots were tele-operated arms. Then they advanced into automated assembly and material handing machines. However, more recent efforts are focused on making companion robots that look and act like humans. This thesis presents an effort to make a Modern Mechanical Automaton capable of drawing pictures that can be used to teach kinematics and dynamics and also for K-12 outreach. These functions are accomplished by adding a touch sensor and microphone to an existing five degree of freedom robot, then writing a fuzzy logic controller to direct movements based on Graphical User Interface input. This work has been demonstrated in many trials. Experience from these trials suggests people of all ages find the user interface easy to understand. Beyond the engineering accomplishments of solving equations, building a fuzzy controller and having a physically realized system, the broader impacts are creating an easily expandable system and successful outreach to bolster the National Science Foundation’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics initiatives.
Manish Kumar, PhD (Committee Chair)
Ernest Hall, PhD (Committee Member)
Ronald Huston, PhD (Committee Member)
Kelly Cohen, PhD (Committee Member)
Karen Davis, PhD (Committee Member)
93 p.
Mechanical Engineering
robot; Microbot Teachmover; compliant end effecter; fuzzy controller; inverse kinematics; education

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  • McCrate, M. P. (2010). Modern Mechanical Automata [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1291146053

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCrate, Mark. Modern Mechanical Automata. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1291146053.

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  • McCrate, Mark. "Modern Mechanical Automata." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1291146053

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