Transforming Multi-Modal Robot "MultiCruiseR" at UCSB

This is an independent research project conducted by me (Jianing Liu) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The goal is to develop a multi-modal robot capable of poor performance resulting from redundant parts used for either mode, yet these parts act as dead weights in the counterpart operating mode. Therefore, in this project I aim to utilize several innovative mechanical design and control algorithms to re-purpose the same hardware parts for both modes, making the robot lightweight and efficient.

Please refer to the attached documentation (Google Slides) for more details on the overall Motive and goals.

Please contact me for further technical details, blueprints, and CAD models as I prefer not to publically share them at this stage.

I would need a discount or sponsorship on several CNC aluminum parts or MJF 3D printing, and likely no or few PCBs. Thank you very much for your consideration.

For instance, the bevel gearbox/clutch structure as shown below needs to be CNC'ed with aluminum.