This week I presented our design review presentation and have been working on refining the gripper mechanism after considering feedback from my presentation. This week I plan to prototype most of the parts we need and start assembling the gantry system. I am hoping to design the gripper using a four bar linkage mechanism such that we don’t have to use an extra servo for z motion but rather the gripper itself lowers as it is closing and raises above all the pieces when it is open.
Juan Cortes, Luis Ortega, Lillie Widmayer – Carnegie Mellon ECE Capstone, Spring 2021