ROCO504 Advanced Robot Design

Repository for the ROCO504 module at Plymouth University, UK.

Get started in the wiki: https://github.com/mstoelen/ROCO504/wiki

Part of the MEng(Hons) Robotics programme in the School of Computing, Electronics and Mathematics.

Module leader: Dr. Martin F. Stoelen

News:

The 2018 "Mine Detonating Sphere-Bot" project published at TAROS 2018 conference:

• https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-23807-0_38

The 2018 "Eduardo: A Low Cost Assistive Robot Development Platform" project published at TAROS 2018 conference:

• https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-25332-5_4

The 2017 "Bouncebot" project published at TAROS 2018 conference:

• https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-96728-8_5

Two 2016 projects published at TAROS and Living Machines conferences:

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318539409_Soft_Robotic_Snake_with_Variable_Stiffness_Actuation
• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318449787_Jellyfish_Inspired_Soft_Robot_Prototype_Which_Uses_Circumferential_Contraction_for_Jet_Propulsion

Projects:

2018

• Group 1: Active Robot Fall-Absorption Mechanism

  • https://github.com/ROCO504/2018-Group1
  • Luka Danilovic
  • Mason Carter
  • Elliott White

• Group 2: Mine Detonating Sphere-Bot

  • https://github.com/ROCO504/2018-Group2
  • Charlie Freestone
  • Rebecca Harding

• Group 3: Eduardo the Hair-Combing Robot

  • https://github.com/ROCO504/2018-Group3
  • Oliver Smith
  • Sam White

• Group 4: Prosthetic Drop-Foot Assistance Device

  • https://github.com/ROCO504/2018-Group4
  • James Dickson

• Group 5: Soft Jamming Robotic Gripper

  • https://github.com/ROCO504/2018-Group5
  • Douglas Tilley
  • Liam Grazier

• Group 6: Variable-Stiffness Prosthetic Thumb

  • https://github.com/ROCO504/2018-Group6
  • Yasmin Bragg
  • Christian Berry

• Group 7: Soft Guided Glider

  • https://github.com/ROCO504/2018-Group7
  • Connor Crabb-Thomson
  • Andrew Brown
  • Jeremy May
  • Mark Campbell

• Group 8: Reinforced Composite TCP Variable-Stiffness Actuator

  • https://github.com/ROCO504/2018-Group8
  • Yiannis Philippou

2017

• "Bouncebot" 3D printable jumping robot:https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-96728-8_5
• Cable-driven catching robot: https://github.com/ROCO504/2017-group2
• Variable viscosity coupling

2016

• Variable stiffness hand (Group 2): https://github.com/ROCO504/2016-group2
• Throwing arm with elastic energy storage (Group 4): https://github.com/ROCO504/2016-group4
• Variable stiffness robot snake (Group 3): https://github.com/JaneSheard/roco504

Showcases:

Video compilation of 2017 showcase:

See 2016 student presentations here:

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