Collection system, Wheel attachment and Motor Demo
Click here for video demo of motor operating wheel On the days February 24th and March 2-3rd, various components were mounted and tested. First was the mounting of an approximately 1/2 inch thick sheet of HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) sheet to the base whose main purpose is to serve as steady/strong base for the electrical […]
“Body” Building Cont. and Stepper Motor Testing
Click here for video demo of stepper motor rotation On February 10th, the legs and body were secured together as well as the coding and functioning of the stepper motor. The body had 1 screw securing the leg on one side while having 2 screws on the other in order for the rocker bogey suspension […]
“Body” Building
click here for video of PVC cutting On February 3rd, the prototype body of Robot Tick was cut and created out of PVC piping. The square base measure 16 inches on each side while the overall height of the robot (legs and wheels included) is 14 inches. The rocker bogey suspension responsible for the robot’s […]
Tick Removal Tool
Conducted November 28th, 2018 In this experimentation, we tested different type of blades to remove poppy seeds on a cloth, in order to simulate the removal system of the robot and test which blade works best. The experiment was done using 20 poppy seeds and three trials. The data was collected and shown in the […]
Servo Testing
Servo Video On November 7th we tested a servo module using Raspberry Pi(this Microcontroller will not be used in final design). One servo would contribute to the steering mechanism of the robot and another utilized in the tick collection system. This servo only moves from 0 to 180 degrees in either clockwise or counterclockwise direction […]
Tick Drag
On October 1st, the team conducted tick drag trials alongside Dr. von Fricken in order to understand how a traditional tick drag was conducted. The team captured ticks by dragging the same cloth that tick researchers would use and tested various brushes, blades and other tools in order to remove said ticks. The conclusion the […]