Unique Presentation Identifier:
P20
Program Type
Undergraduate
Faculty Advisor
Mr. Jacob Weidenfeller
Document Type
Poster
Location
Face-to-face
Start Date
29-4-2025 9:30 AM
Abstract
The Arkansas Tech University Modular Robotics Training System (ATUM RTS) project was started two semesters ago by a team of six engineering students at Arkansas Tech. Their goal was to combine the two existing systems of the Georgia Tech Robotarium and the Micromouse maze solving competition. This was done to bring new challenges and excitement to maze-solving robotics while incorporating the cloud-based learning system of the Georgia Tech Robotarium. By creating randomized mazes using tiles and remote walls, ATUM RTS will provide an additional resource to students that will allow them to utilize their knowledge in real world applications. This was partially achieved by the previous group through their design and creation of a bistable wall flexure actuation using the properties of nitinol, a shape memory alloy. While their design worked, it did not achieve the desired scale, sustainability, safety, and efficiency originally desired. To correct these flaws the previous team faced, we have made it our goal to completely redesign the wall mechanism using an altered design of linear motion by combining the properties of both PCB motors and ironless linear motors.
Recommended Citation
Hicks, Bryson C.; Snow, Dominic; Taylor, Harrison; Barnett, Spencer; and Bosley, Leland, "Arkansas Tech University Modular Robot Training System" (2025). ATU Student Research Symposium. 33.
https://orc.library.atu.edu/atu_rs/2025/2025/33
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3D Concept Preview.htm (13 kB)
3D Render showing the coils three phases while moving through the u-channel.
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Arkansas Tech University Modular Robot Training System
Face-to-face
The Arkansas Tech University Modular Robotics Training System (ATUM RTS) project was started two semesters ago by a team of six engineering students at Arkansas Tech. Their goal was to combine the two existing systems of the Georgia Tech Robotarium and the Micromouse maze solving competition. This was done to bring new challenges and excitement to maze-solving robotics while incorporating the cloud-based learning system of the Georgia Tech Robotarium. By creating randomized mazes using tiles and remote walls, ATUM RTS will provide an additional resource to students that will allow them to utilize their knowledge in real world applications. This was partially achieved by the previous group through their design and creation of a bistable wall flexure actuation using the properties of nitinol, a shape memory alloy. While their design worked, it did not achieve the desired scale, sustainability, safety, and efficiency originally desired. To correct these flaws the previous team faced, we have made it our goal to completely redesign the wall mechanism using an altered design of linear motion by combining the properties of both PCB motors and ironless linear motors.