RASW is a Python library for simulating and controlling robotic arms. It provides both forward and inverse kinematics calculations for 2D robotic arms with multiple segments.

Use RASW for robotics education, prototyping, or controlling physical robotic arm systems. The library offers a simple API with comprehensive math documentation.

What we did

Nico

Open source robotic arm

Open source robotic arm

Old robotic arm python library

P rickerton

Nico

patrikc tim bits

Jasmin

patrivk

Thank you!

LLoyd

 Bu-Jam Bot was designed to make the breakfast process easier. 70% of Americans eat toast in the morning, and what's better than toast? Toast with butter and jam. Our robot dispenses and spreads butter and jam onto your toast in the morning so you don't have to! Wether that's because you have trouble with motor skills, can't seem to find the perfect ratio of butter : jam, or maybe you just don't wan't to do it yourself, Bu-Jam bot is here to help.

Precedents

Sketches

Prototypes / Demonstration

FlowChart / Technical Diagram

Current Abilities of Bot

Currently we have two servo actuators that go up and down & left and right, to spread jam/butter at any height. Bread, Bagels, you name it.

Next Steps

Our next steps would be to get the dispensing mechanism rigged up, and making the body of the bot.

Project Brief

The Ultimate Roomba is basically a Roomba, but with more cleaning capabilities. It also is a battlebot, a cooking companion/cookbook, item carrier, and functions for play/fun.

How Might We....

How Might We +

Create an all purpose Roomba

+ For +

Home Users

+So That +

People can have fun and get "help" for some simple tasks.

Precedents

Roombas and Roomba attachments.

Andrew

Doombas

Sketches

Steps For Arm

Full Bot (and arm) In Motion

Full Bot (and arm) In Rest

Prototypes / Demonstration

FlowChart / Technical Diagram

Current Abilities of Bot

An arm that can move and rotate its base, move a segment up and down and left and right, can also rotate the head from the middle, and can break itself any way humanly possible.

Next Steps

1: Make the bot more stable and less likely to break.

2: Build the actual chasis for the bot.

3: Add the other features (spray, "vacuum", carrying space, wheels, ETC).

4: Understand the actual math for the bot.

Feedback

Fanning serving as a CCT

Brothers Keepers Logo

Jack Fanning in the Hospital

Jack Fanning

Medical Sand bed

Soft robotic arm

• Robotic arm attached to sand bed

• Allows those with quadriplegia to move

• Controlled with Ipad

• Functioning Claw

• Stronger base

• Slider

• Finished aesthetic

Pirouette Precision is an AI-powered robot designed to help dancers improve their technique and serve as an at-home dance instructor. It uses a trained AI model to analyze the person's movements and identify mistakes in real time. A 3D-modeled figurine will show the correct version of each move so the person can visualize their mistakes. This tool is most helpful when practicing by yourself or at home, where you may not have a coach to correct you.

Project brief

Precedents

Sketches

Math

• Make a 3D printed figurine
• Train the AI model
• Make the figurine move according to the AI
• Add a camera that also connects to the AI

Next Steps

Take aways

Thank you! Questions?

Studio Introduction

In this studio, students will learn beginner to intermediate robotics skills to design autonomous robots that address assistive issues in our homes. The studio will begin with a series of exercises and readings that provide background on the field of robotics, and help us consider how robots will evolve as a result of new technologies like generative AI. In the first week, students will learn about robot components like servos, motors, cameras, sensors, and signaling in order to build a robot to compete in an autonomous vehicle challenge. Students will also venture into deeper mathematics behind the movement of a robot, including forward kinematics and function inversion.

Once a foundation of robotics has been established, students will brainstorm ideas about how robots can serve us in our homes as assistants, especially when we are solving for a mobility or accessibility challenge. Final projects in this studio will include prototypes for assistive technologies in homes with accessibility needs. Students will produce a written report detailing the design decisions, constraints, kinematics and aspirations for the robot.

Precedents

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9 AM Block

1 PM Block

G4G

Studio Introduction

Gears

Car Building!

Make your car go in circle/oval

Signals

Equations of Motion - Kinematics

Week 1 (March 25 - March 28)

Driving Question: What speed of wheel will make your car go in a circle/oval of a particular radius?

Sensors & Motors

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9 AM Block

1 PM Block

G4G

Measuring Angles: How much your car has turned

Inverse Kinematics: Given a point in 3D space, reach it!

Mid Reviews

3 Degrees of Freedom

Trignometry

Group Formations

Mid Review Prep

Week 2 (March 31 - April 4)

Axils & Ideas

Project Brainstorming

Driving Question: How much has your car turned?

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9 AM Block

1 PM Block

G4G

Project Work

Week 3 (April 7 - April 11)

Project Work

Project Work

Project Work

Desk Crits

Project Work

Project Work

Project Work

Project Work

Driving Question: What home assistance robot are you building?

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9 AM Block

1 PM Block

Pencils Down

Presentation Prep

Final Presentations

Week 4 (April 13 - April 15)

Project Work

Project Work

Presentation Prep

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9 AM Block

1 PM Block

Pencils Down

Presentation Prep

Final Presentations

Week 4 (April 13 - April 15)

Project Work

Project Work

Presentation Prep

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9 AM Block

1 PM Block

Desk Crits

Week 3 (April 7 - April 11)

Mid Reviews

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9 AM Block

1 PM Block

Pencils Down

Presentation Prep

Final Presentations

Week 4 (April 13 - April 15)

Presentation Prep

Design Constraints for your final project:

Your robot should have a:

• Base drive system
• An arm with 2 joint points that can reach a point in 3D space
• A solution for accesibility needs in home

Project Brief

It will be an arm with to servos and a pencil at the end. It will hopefully draw a circle, square, or an S.

How Might We....

How Might We +

make the robot draw

+ For +

people that cant draw

+So That +

they will be able to draw now.

Precedents

Sketches

Insert 3 sketches of different iterations/robot arm performing a task, or at rest

Prototypes / Demonstration

Insert 3 photos/videos of different prototypes in action

Applied Mathematics

How does your robot get to the x,y,z coordinate?

How do you calculate the angle at which the arm should be?

FlowChart / Technical Diagram

Current Abilities of Bot

How does your robot get to the x,y,z coordinate?

How do you calculate the angle at which the arm should be?

Next Steps

How does your robot get to the x,y,z coordinate?

How do you calculate the angle at which the arm should be?

Feedback

Project Brief

The Ultimate Roomba is basically a Roomba, but with more cleaning capabilities. It also is a battlebot, a cooking companion/cookbook, item carrier, and functions for play/fun.

How Might We....

How Might We +

Create an all purpose Roomba

+ For +

Home Users

+So That +

People can have fun and get "help" for some simple tasks.

Precedents

Roombas and Roomba attachments.

Andrew

Doombas

Sketches

Design Constraints

I probably won't be able to make every feature I want to, so I just want to make a very basic function for each feature, but the main things I want to get done are: The main body, remote controlled, an arm that has a spray bottle on one side and a towel on one side and if wanted can spin very fast to turn into a weapon, a suction system, a bin on it, speaker, and camera.

Project Brief

Add the overall brief of your project or your project abstract.

How Might We....

How Might We +

<Intended Action>

+ For +

<Potential User>

+So That +

<Desired Outcome>

Precedents

Sketches

Insert 3 sketches of different iterations/robot arm performing a task, or at rest

Prototypes / Demonstration

Insert 3 photos/videos of different prototypes in action

Applied Mathematics

How does your robot get to the x,y,z coordinate?

How do you calculate the angle at which the arm should be?

FlowChart / Technical Diagram

Current Abilities of Bot

How does your robot get to the x,y,z coordinate?

How do you calculate the angle at which the arm should be?

Next Steps

How does your robot get to the x,y,z coordinate?

How do you calculate the angle at which the arm should be?

Feedback

☆ Project Brief ☆

Over 70% of Americans eat toast regularly, its quick and simple and affordable. There is unfortunately one problem, its messy to make, from jam to peanut butter you are going to run into problems that will slow you down in the morning. Using a modular design, you cannot only dispense butter and jam onto toast but also honey and jelly into yogurt. It also uses a nozzle to heat up different condiments such as butter to get the perfect melt for an easy spread.

How Might We....

How might we automate the butter-jam toast process for people who eat it consistently and/or people with physical disabilities so that you can speed up your mornings?

☆ Precedents ☆

☆ Math ☆

The first thing we need to do is collect all the relevant data, we need to find how tall the item placed on the machine is so that we can set the spreading tool to the right height. After we do that we need to calculate the distance between where the arm currently is and the height we need to achieve, then use that distance to rotate our motors to reach that point. After we do that all that's left is to move the arm across the z axis and back and we are done.