AME 470: Senior Design Project
Spring 2000: A Flexible Assembly Workcell
Last updated April 13, 2000.
The following document (in .PDF format) provides some information on this semester's project.
The Project Description is specified in the form of a
Request for Proposals
The Project teams:
The Critical Design Review took place on Thursday, April 6, 2000.
A panel of reviewers from industry were there to help review the
design teams. Their insight was apprciated and contributed greatly to
a memorable day. The panel included the following:
Dr. David Olson - Honeywell Aircract Landing Systems,
Dr. Morgan Murphy - Delphi/Delco,
Ms. Allison Johnson - Daimler-Chrysler, and
Mr. Rich Destremps - Lutron Electronics Co., Inc.
Pictures of some of the proceedings through out the day can be found
in the picture section above.
The demonstration of the group's products took place on Saturday, April 29, 2000. All successfully completed many phases of the "adhesive application"
process. The following photos highlight some of the day's activities.
VBMR supporting a AAA unit
Another docking sequence
The "adhesive" being applied to a door
A Closeup of the adhesive path
The Five Weak Links door positioning system
The Five Weak Links door positioning system
Las Puertas door positioning system
Closeup of the Parliment Funkadelic AAA unit
A AAA unit in place on a DPS
The day attracted an interested crowd
Sticky fingers AAA unit
Sticky fingers AAA unit on the Position This DPS
VBMR in operation
VBMR in operation
VBMR docking with Las Puertas
Instructors:
Graduate Teaching Assistants:
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Corey Bourassa, Corey.Bourassa.1@nd.edu
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Dhanesh Padmanabhan, Padnanabhan.1@nd.edu
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Will Liu, Liu.39@nd.edu
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Brian Reichenberger, Reichenberger.1@nd.edu