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Autonomous Land Surveying Using Ground Penetrating Radar

Robotics,  Autonomous Control Systems, Mechanical Design

Designed and fabricated a robot capable of automating the process of GPR land surveying to increase efficiency and expedite the process by reducing the dependency on human operation. The findings were published as a senior thesis in May 2020.

Structural Analysis Using Creo 6.0

Structural analysis of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene motor mount, experiencing a maximum displacement of 4.827E-07 in.

Structural analysis of Aluminum 6061 robot chassis, experiencing maximum displacement of 3.76 E-03 in.

Design Process

Early Sketches

Final Design

Carbon Fiber Layup

Vacuum bagging carbon fiber composite

Finishing layer of epoxy resin

Programming

Reformatted Raspberry Pi 4-b as microcontroller, programing in Python and using GPIO plus Pulse-Width Modulation for motor control. Presented via touchscreen graphic user interface.

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