Hexapod

We finish the 3rd guide plate prototype and start to design the guidance plate attachments that will hold the actuators in place. However, it seems that while we gave much thought to the engineering aspect of the parts, we did not put as much thought into their aesthetics. The colour combination of the parts would probably give any ADM student an aneurism on sight.

Guidance plate prototype v3 and attachments (Discount BlackPink Edition)

Dyllon showing his support for the BlackPink theme

After redesigning the attachments and printing them in a better colour, we attached the actuators to the guidance plate base plate. All that’s left is to attach the platform to complete the assembly of 6-DOF platform V2 for testing.

On the software front, issues with live input continue due to state issues. We need to somehow capture and store the platform’s state when a change in input is detected in order to path the next move. Also, the higher number of commands issued in live input would lead to buffer issues as well. Right now, we are looking into using the built-in G-code commands in Marlin to update the app where the platform is.

In other news, the final presentation for our project is next week. This means we will also have to start preparing for our project application and slides. Hopefully, we won’t lose too much sleep because of this. (Spoiler: we did)

Attachments V2

Actuators installed with guidance and base plate

 

Assembly Timelapses

Using a mitre saw to modify the aluminium profiles for alternative DOF varients