Introducing BLOTCH™

The Next Generation Robot from Boston Statics™

Built for SPEED.

The sleek aerodynamic surface makes BLOTCH™ efficient at high speed. Tested in virtual wind tunnels up to Mach 1.0.

Built for RUGGEDNESS.

BLOTCH™ is designed to work in extreme conditions. The fully constrained ball lift mechanism will function even without gravity in deep space.

Built for DEPENDENCY.

With 0.5mm of ground clearance, BLOTCH™ is the perfect choice for critical, high speed search and rescue missions.

Boston Dynamics Statics

yay robots™

Exec Team

Adrienne Lai, Brian Minnick, Diego Rivero, Ethan Yang, Joseph Hobbs

Day 1 (January 3, 2022)

Class canceled - lots of students still flying back for IAP. Flights canceled due to weather, Covid, ...

Day 2 (January 4)

Alright: Take 2. Lecture 1 today - intro to MASLAB, motor control, and robot kinematics.

Day 3 (January 5)

Reviewed basic kitbot wiring and PWM (pulse width modulation) control.

Day 4 (January 6)

SSHed into NUC. Began FizzBuzz tutorial. Created ball management and gameplay strategies to inform robot mechanical design.

Day 5 (January 7)

Snow day! No class

The Weekend (January 8 & 9)

Prototyped in Metropolis. Used Epilog Fusion M2 laser cutter & Prusa 3D printer to fabricate parts. Assembled parts with hot glue and super glue.

Day 6 (January 10)

No lecture. Lab helped us confirm wiring. Prototyped more parts for ball collector in Metropolis.

Day 7 (January 11)

Lecture on LiPo safety (aka Electrons Don't Care About Your Feelings). Received LiPo battery and charger. Ethan started writing code to the NUC. Brian, Diego, and Joseph continued prototyping. After some debugging we were able to drive the robot around wirelessly over SSH.

Day 8 (January 12)

Jan 21

We attached a flywheel for the launch mechanism. Video of balls launching