Animatronic Duck
A team-based, mechanical systems project for Stanford's ME 112 class, that required the construction of an biomimetic, swimming duck that modeled the paddling motion, speed, and metabolic cost of an actual duck. All materials were sourced, requiring modification and assembly processes such as laser cutting, general machine shop tools (band saw, drill press, etc.), manual milling, and difficult tolerances in our assembly of a complicated electro-mechanical system.
My most major contributions on the team were with the hull design iteration, motor/transmission selection, machining of sourced materials, and assembly of our device.