Mars Rover Robotic Arm Design Project

My Role

• • Served as robotic arm group leader to design a robotic arm with 5kg load capacity and interface for changeable tools.
• • Designed linkage system with actuators with six degrees of freedom for complicated motion trajectory.
• • Implemented PID control algorithm in Matlab using Simulink interface for Arduino for precision control.

Demonstration

Documentation

Time and Location

Sep. 2013 - Jan. 2014

niversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US

Team Members

Fangzhou Xia, Scott Briggs, Xingjian Lai