Wax and Wane is a project focused on developing a tool to control the formation of wax as it is dropped into water.
Advisor: Rachel Dickey
Project started: Second Semester Fourth Year, (Spring 2016)
This project was a collaboration with another project started by Madelie Gannon at Carnegie Mellon. Her webpage for the project can be found at http://www.madlab.cc/robo-op. Her project was to create a user friendly interface for creating tools to use with an ABB type robot. This project was to adapt that interface for use with a KUKA robot. I worked on this project as an independent study, working with Daniel Eisinger as the advisor. THe first thin we did was to come up with a new platform to attach to the robot as the ABB and KUKA have different specifications for attaching end effectors. The platform developed is shown in the images. It moves the attachment point further away from the end of the robot, allowing for attachments to be added to the platform. These attachments could be customized for each tool, the basics being a power outlet module, and an Arduino module for housing any electronics needed by the user's tool. THis module also houses the electronics needed for a connection to the KUKA robot to allow the tool and the robot to be connected and controlled through the same code. This project is not finished at this time.
Advisor: Daniel Eisinger
Project started: First Semester, Fourth Year (Fall 2015)
School: Ball State University
