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ENGR 100.590: Wireless Microscopic Ore Rover (WMOR) (ME)
Faculty:
Fatima Albrehi (TechComm),
Xiaogan Liang (ME)
Winter Term
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“The interesting thing with 590 is that you get to work with a lot of pretty high-tech stuff. Professor Liang brings in computer vision and lots of fancy radio control and autonomous electronics.”
– John Getsoian, Former ENGR 100 Lab Supervisor
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Autonomous and remotely-controlled vehicles are important tools used for exploring terrestrial planets and planet-like moons. In this section, you will design, build, and test a rover system capable of collecting microscale ore particles from an emulated planet surface and transferring particle samples to the onboard microscope for material characterization. You will learn:
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Knowledge and technical skills from a variety of engineering disciplines, including Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Computer Science, Robotics, and Optics
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Concept proposal, design, fabrication, system integration, operation testing, data analysis, documentation, and presentation of project results
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Fundamental hardware and software tools, CAD, 3D printing, image/video editing
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Term Project:
Design, modify, and build a robotic rover with a mini-size optical microscope, robot arm, and set of optoelectronic/electronic devices
Labs:
Soldering irons, oscilloscopes, transmitters/receivers, Arduino microcontrollers, and internet-of-things (IoT) devices
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