Week 10
1. The coin-flipping decision-making machine Full Documentation Git Repo This week, the whole CBA section is building a machine together. After many many brainstorming sessions and discussions, we decided to make this coin-flipping decision-making machine that will help you make one decision from a list of options based on coin-flipping results. I joined the MechE team, responsible for designing and making the physical components. Personally, I designed and printed the camera mount on top of the coin flipper, and helped Cyrus a bit on the solenoid holder and coin flipper funnel design and printing as well. The camera mount works fine first try, as it is very straightforward, just needed to CAD something to adapt from 1/4-20 screws to M5 screws that we’re using for the extrusions. I remembered what Jonny told me about fillet and reducing stress concentration point, and added that in the design. It’s not heavy-lifting, but it’s holding the camera in place. The humble camera mount ...