The mechanical design of the robot must be simple yet effective. Also the parts used for the frame
and the moving actuator arms needs to be quite cheap. The proportions of the actuator arms are
not that crucial as the control system can take the slight proportion errors into account if it is
programmed correctly. However, to make the robot as effective as possible, the actuator arm
proportions should be designed so that all three of them are identical and that the control system
code can be written in a simple way. This is just to decrease the workload on the programming
part of our project as all three members of our group are from a mechanical engineering
background. By default the mechanical system design should be our team’s strongest aspect.
Component wise we are planning on doing the actuator arms so that they can be adjusted to get
the robot to work as effective as possible. We planned to make our robot look light weight but be
sturdy and rigid enough for the actuator to be accurate. The actual way to achieve our goals will
be achieved through using lightweight aluminum sheets and parts, whose structural strength will
be achieved through effective structural desig