Project MEGG
The Columbia University MECE 4611 course is intended for masters and PhD level robotics students tasked to construct an organic-looking, bipedal walking robot. Teams of two students were permitted with zero penalties, but in order to preserve my creative freedoms and challenge myself, I chose to complete the course alone.
The course only provided the following items:
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A Raspberry Pi 3 A+
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8 LX16A servos
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A portable battery
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$100 spending budget
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Miscellaneous electrical components e.g. wires
Skills learned/improved by the end of the project:
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3D product design (using SolidWorks)
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Rapid prototyping
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Part modulation
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Hardware fabrication and validation
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Programming motor control via Python
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SSH (Secure shell protocol to remotely control robot)
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Pybullet physics engine
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URDF coding from scratch
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Machine learning (for gait optimization)
Each of these skills were learned/improved upon completing independently.
