HTMAA 2024 - Week 11: Machine Building

Decision Maker 9000

As part of the group machine-building project, we worked on the Decision Maker 9000. This machine is a collaborative effort that includes mechanism design, actuation, automation, and application.

🔗 GitLab Repository
🔗 Project Webpage

Program Display — Decision In the Taking!

The Team

Our group was composed of:

Antonis Christou
Brian Huang
Cyrus Clarke
Ekaterina Kormilitsyna
Francisco Ramirez Serrano
Hye Jun Youn
Isaak Freeman
Jessica Lynn Stringham
Jiaming Liu
Jonathan Cohen
Kayla Briet
Kye Shimizu
Kyle J Horn
Michelle Kim
Nina Masuelli
Sharifa Alghowinem
Shun-Ying Chen
Sophie Y Fan

My Contributions

I participated in the brainstorming sessions, where I proposed a sand machine, but it wasn’t popular enough. The group collaborated on Discord to track our progress.

User Interface Development — Isaak and I working on the user interface.

Thanks to Jessica’s API framework, Isaak and I were able to access all necessary functions easily. Below is an example of a page I coded. I documented my specific contributions on GitLab.

Assignments

Group Assignment:

Design a machine that includes mechanism, actuation, automation, and application ✓
Build the mechanical parts and operate it manually ✓
Document the group project and your individual contribution ✓

Group Assignment:

Actuate and automate your machine ✓
Document the group project and your individual contribution ✓