Presenter(s)

Andrew William Gasser, Veronica Michele Hatfield, Brian Andrew Piper, Brock Robert Smith

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Presentation: 9:00-10:15, Kennedy Union Ballroom

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Description

MotionGen, a kinematic analysis and synthesis tool, helps to readily develop working kinematic models of mechanisms, planar robotic systems, and heavy machinery like backhoes and bulldozers. By using MotionGen, these systems can be readily synthesized and animated. A team of DIMLab (Design of Innovative Machines Lab) students has been busy this semester learning MotionGen and using it to create novel yet practical designs. We have utilized MotionGen to model recumbent tricycles for people with disabilities who pedal with FES, to investigate novel architectures for mechanical presses, to ideate on a novel swinging door, and to assess the motion of a foldable airplane wing.

Publication Date

4-17-2024

Project Designation

Independent Research

Primary Advisor

Andrew P. Murray, Dave Harry Myszka

Primary Advisor's Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Keywords

Stander Symposium, School of Engineering

Institutional Learning Goals

Practical Wisdom; Scholarship

Doors, Trikes and Folding Wings: Advancing Concepts for Machines Using MotionGen

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