Carlo Bares

My name is Carlo Bares. I am a sophomore in my studies as a mechanical engineer at Umass Lowell. I will be creating an autonomous obstacle avoidance robot with my group which includes the other two members in this blog. This is my first experience using Arduino technology as well as my first experience blogging.

This is the part I have created.
Volume: 6.33in
Surface Area: 35.11in.
Center of Mass: x = -1.5 y = 0.84 z = -0.35

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Front Post - Low friction roller

This robot is 2 wheel drive (rear wheel), so it needs a post to support its weight in the front

This post will be 3D printed. Roller bearings from a bicycle headset will be mounted to the bottom. the robot will roll on the bearings. 

The post was designed with a specific length, so that the robot will be perfectly level for the sonar, and so that the line sensor will be approximately 1/8" above the surface when mounted using a 1.5" standoff (1" standoff + .5" spacer)