02 - Multi-Paddle Viking Canoe

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Image of the final design

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Final Video: Overall mechanisms of the final design (explained by Jamie)

Team Members:

Jamie Moseley, Keith Biteng, Tiago Gunter, Gloria Huan, Yifan Shi

Summary/Overview:

The goal of this project is to make a viking-style longboat which takes simple rotational motion from a DC motor and turns it into a complex rowing motion like that which would be used to move a rowboat. Each side of the robot will have its oars coupled so that they all move in unison, and each side will move independently, so turning is possible. 

The final design had 2 pairs of 4-bar mechanisms which had their output links attached to oars which moved non-planar to the rest of the mechanism. These oars used ball joints to allow for the movement necessary to have the oars in the water. 

Table of Contents: 

• 2.1 - Project Proposal

• 2.2 - Design Process

• 2.3 - Initial Kinematic Analysis

• 2.4 - Final Kinematic Analysis

• 2.5 - Implementation

• 2.6 - Final Demonstration

• 2.7 - Conclusions & Future Work