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Due Date: Aug 2022

Contributor Log

Name

Contribution

David Choi

Task Manager

David Choi

Owner


Skills

  • Mathematical analysis

  • MATLAB (question)

  • Python (question)

Task Description

  • A new carbon fiber drive-train will be manufactured by the end of Spring 2023.

  • Our drive-train uses the rocker-bogie linkage as our suspension system, but there isn’t much team documentation on how the current dimensions for the links were chosen.

  • Therefore, in the spirit of better documentation and improving on our current design, calculations & simulations should be done to justify our choices and ensure good performance of our drive-train.


Task Breakdown

  •  Read through literature on optimization of rocker-bogie linkage
  •  Define clear design goals/constraints for our drive-train
  •  Perform kinematic/dynamic analysis & optimize our linkage design
  •  Create detailed documentation on how the rocker-bogie linkage works, its kinematic characteristics, and how the optimization was performed

Prerequisites

  • This task has no prerequisites


Progress Journal


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nameDesign Optimization of a Mars Rover’s Rocker-Bogie Mechanism using Genetic Algorithms.pdf
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nameOptimization of Rocker-Bogie Mechanism using Heuristic.pdf
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nameThe Challenges of Designing the Rocker-Bogie Suspension.pdf