College
College of Engineering and Polymer Science
Date of Last Revision
2023-05-04 21:53:32
Major
Mechanical Engineering
Honors Course
4600:471
Number of Credits
4
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2021
Abstract
As society becomes more technologically advanced, so does the demand for innovative products that save time; products like the Roomba have revolutionized household chores. Our teams’ vision was to develop a solution for another time-consuming household chore: folding laundry. The goal of this project was to conceptually design a marketable “robot” capable of autonomously folding clothes and explore a potential design by prototyping and testing it. Our team utilized our culmination of knowledge acquired over five years of engineering studies to turn a “pen and paper” sketch into a functioning prototype; this project used engineering tools such as a Weighted Decision Matrix, Functional Decomposition Diagram, 3D CAD models, and Python coding. The results of this project were: a robot that was under budget, a complete mechanical folding system design and construction, and coding to control the robots x and y axis.
Research Sponsor
David Peters
First Reader
David Peters
Second Reader
Dr. Shing-Chung "Josh" Wong
Honors Faculty Advisor
Dr. Scott Sawyer
Recommended Citation
Kittinger, Jacob; Glasgow, Braden; and Shimko, Steven, "Foldibot the Autonomous Clothes Folder" (2021). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 1436.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/1436
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