What are we doing?

We are designing and building a programmable mechatronic arm with two degrees of freedom. It is required to pass as quickly and accurately as possible through six points in a two dimensional plane. This will be detected with light sensitive diodes from an LED mounted on the arm. The arm must carry a 1kg load and a wii remote to measure acceleration and deceleration, at a point on the end of the arm.

Why are we doing it?

We are investigating an idea for a competition which will be taken by second year students on the Medical Engineering course. The project will link the second year design and manufacture module to current university research in physiotherapeutic robotics. Our robot, if successful, will be used as a teaching aid for students.