Telemetry and Data Logging System for the Wildcat Formula Racing Car Team 23036
PROJECT GOAL Develop a modular system to sense, transmit and display real-time racecar data. In motorsports, data is paramount. Having the ability to gather information about the track, environment and car allows a team to better tune a vehicle optimally for a race. Technology that helps gather this data is available, but it is expensive and not compatible with all configurations of vehicles. To tackle these issues, the team created a modular system that is configurable with multiple sensors and usable in a wide variety of scenarios and environments. It provides critical real-time data for the Wildcat Formula Team. The system has two Raspberry Pi computers that communicate with each other. One of them is onboard the race car for the driver, and the other is at the team’s chosen position, typically the pit lane. The onboard Raspberry Pi is connected to GPS, accelerometers and strain gauges, all gathering information on the car during a race. The remote subsystem has a Grafahan data plotting suite that converts the data into easily read figures. Use of this telemetry system allows setup of the car on race days to improve performance and safeguard against critical issues becoming safety hazards.
TEAM MEMBERS Shayan N Afzal, Biosystems Engineering Lukas Matthew Baker, Mechanical Engineering Christian Copic, Electrical & Computer Engineering Isaac Carlos Gloistein, Mechanical Engineering Luke Kobran, Mechanical Engineering Nicholas J Smith, Electrical & Computer Engineering COLLEGE MENTOR Doug May SPONSOR ADVISOR Michael W Marcellin
BattleBots
Team 23037 supported by Craig M. Berge Dean’s Fund
PROJECT GOAL Design, build and verify a 250 lb. combat robot with active telemetry sensors capable of competing on the BattleBots TV show. The BattleBots competition provides a space for builders to forge robots of destruction. As long as robots are under the weight limit and adhere to the BattleBots rules, they can fight. High achieving combat robots deal damage, survive deadly blows and look good while doing it. This project is a leap in the University of Arizona’s robotic community involvement and creates a space for future students to learn and have fun. The team’s robot design integrates over 400 parts in six major subsystems – drive, weapon, armor, electronics, frame and telemetry sensors. The drive system uses four brushed motors to propel the robot to 20 mph. The weapon spins 45 lb. over 250 mph in eight seconds with a belt system. The stingray exterior is made of ultra high molecular weight plastic and AR400 ballistic steel for defense. The design includes an electronic system with kill switches, safety fuses and critical part protection. Holding it all together, the frame interlaces steel, aluminum and neoprene rubber to absorb impacts. Lastly, the combat robot houses speed, temperature and current sensors to ensure the driver is as informed as the robot is tough.
TEAM MEMBERS Yousuf Choudhary, Electrical & Computer Engineering Al Hurworth, Mechanical Engineering Knudson Karson, Electrical & Computer Engineering Mathias Micah Ramirez, Aerospace Engineering Nick Scott Sivertson, Mechanical Engineering Alex Tynan Wait, Mechanical Engineering COLLEGE MENTOR Steve Larimore SPONSOR ADVISOR Michael W Marcellin
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