The Ninja Robot
The Ninja Robot is a ME370 group project I led at UIUC. The challenge is to run in a 5-inch horizontal gap and climber between a 5-inch vertical gap. My contribution was the entirety of the mechanical design except the counterweight used for balancing the weight of the batteries. The Ninja Robot has 2 Geneva mechanisms used to alter the phase of front and back legs. The Dyad driver actuator of the leg is inspired by a boxer engine, which balances out all the momentum within the system. It has a total of 72 bearings to minimize friction. This robot won the design award of the semester due to the innovative implementation of Geneva mechanism and beautiful aesthetics.