Coventry University 2nd year IMechE design challenge
Insight into the technical engineering decisions made in the process of designing and manufacturing a robotic external pipe climber
One of the main downfalls of the gen #1 climber was our decision to use neoprene tape wrapped about the circumference of the driver wheel to generate traction between it and the pipe. Neoprene has a relatively low coefficient of friction compared with other synthetic rubbers and elastomers such as silicone. In light of this … Continue reading Driver wheel: Ensuring traction
As mentioned in the introductory post, energy storage accounted for roughly half of the mass of our gen #1 climber. Clearly, there exists room for improvement. Whilst pondering which battery technology to use in place of the hefty NiMH rechargeable AA’s, we realised that we don’t need to use batteries at all. Instead, we could … Continue reading Energy storage and delivery:
Hi, this blog will document progress made by Coventry University’s second year IMechE challenge team, the tigers, towards completion of our revised 15mm pipe climbing robot. The device will be entered into the national IMechE design challenge competition on the 4th of October 2019. First, a bit about the team. All of the team started … Continue reading Introduction to the team, the challenge and our initial thoughts:
Coventry University 2nd year IMechE design challenge 