Date: 2/17/05

Student Name: Rob Hamersma

TAs: William Dubel

Steven Pickles

Instructor: A. A. Arroyo

University of Florida

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EEL 5666

Intelligent Machines Design Laboratory

Weekly Report 6

This week I ordered some DC gearmotors to drive my robot as well as some mounting brackets, hubs, and a rear caster wheel. I worked designing a motor-driven putting mechanism in case I won’t be able to drive fast enough to putt the ball far enough. I started learning the TurboCAD program I ordered and started designing my platform. I searched for wheels, but couldn’t find any that were sufficiently large (diameter) and narrow (for easy turning and low weight), so I might end up making my own with plywood and o-rings. I also started playing around with the CmuCAM with the java interface to see how it operates and how the different modes work.