Mechanized Pedestrian for Auto-vehicle Testing Design

My Role

• • Designed and manufactured an adult male size mannequin that can shuffle at 1m/s using linkages, gears and pulleys.
• • Implemented PI controller with Arduino, real time display with NI myRIO and ultrasonic vehicle detection system.
• • Assembled mechanized pedestrian for automatic vehicle testing at Michigan Mobility Transformation Center.

Demonstration

Documentation

Time and Location

Sep. 2014 - Dec. 2014

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US

Team Members

Bridget Cook, Fangzhou Xia, Kyle Ritsema, Nikhil Kumar