Analyzing Rocker-bogie Suspension Mechanism

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Name	Contribution

Name	Contribution
@David Choi	Task Manager
@David Choi	Owner

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.

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