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Conclusion:

Tell us how your project went. Did you accomplish your objectives?What would you do next to take
your design to the next level?Youshould include asection for lessons learned,anyfuture workideas,
tips for future groups, and any acknowledgementsyou want to make. Youracknowledgements should
bespecificpeoplewho directly contributed to your project and/orthe experience. This can include
students in other groups, specific TIW or UT staff, or labs/faculty,grad-studentsthat gave you access
to resourcesor advice

The mechanism was able to produce the correct position profile that can accurately place the end effector under the tab and lift the tab at the correct place. However, even after introducing the gear system to the motor, we were still not able to open the tab of the can. We found that this was due to slipping between the set screws of the motor coupler and the 6mm rods. With this slipping effect in place, the torque from the motor is not able to transfer fully to the end effector, which led to a loss of the resultant forces at the end effector.

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First, Conner, who gave us great advice on how to simplify our mechanism from an 8-bar to a 4-bar at the beginning and in our calculations to implement a gear system when our system was not outputting enough force with just our motor We would also like to thank our professor, Dr. Symmank and Aayush for helping us with understanding the theoretical aspects of the project. Next, Joe from the TIW machine shop, as he helped us with the machining an end-effector piece for our final build. Finally, we would like to thank every student in our section as they have been very supportive and helpful throughout the course. 

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