Robocue
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I was sorted into a group with Selwin Heijkoop (studying mechanical engineering), Bram Heijnen (studying applied physics), Bas Mulders (studying industrial engineering), Justin Kuppen (studying computer science) and Roeland Hooijmans (studying industrial engineering). Our final product, the Robocue is a prosthetic arm with a cue that is able to shoot the ball at different speeds. The billiards player takes stance as they would without the Robocue and uses the dominant limb to position the cue and the non-dominant limb to swing, determining the speed at which the tip of the cue will shoot out.
This was a very challenging project in which our team went through many iterations. We tried to create the firing mechanism using magnets, but that didn't work so we had to adapt and change it to work using a spring. This meant a a lot had to be changed. I created much of the code (having experience from courses like Cardboard Modelling and Creative Programming) and tried to teach Bram and Justin to code a bit, and was able to help a bit with the construction of the arm, although Selwin was much more experienced.
This was a very challenging project in which our team went through many iterations. We tried to create the firing mechanism using magnets, but that didn't work so we had to adapt and change it to work using a spring. This meant a a lot had to be changed. I created much of the code (having experience from courses like Cardboard Modelling and Creative Programming) and tried to teach Bram and Justin to code a bit, and was able to help a bit with the construction of the arm, although Selwin was much more experienced.