Abstract
Team Tronics was assigned to build and design a robotic arm capable of maneuvering to push an object into an adjacent pocket. The design based on the available parts in the Lego NXT Kit. Firstly the situation was analyzed and a conceptual model was created based on the criteria’s. The team designed a slider mechanism with two degrees of freedom. The next step was to simulate the design to see the potential performance of the system. After this was completed the concept design was built with Lego NXT kit, there were minor and major changes to the design once physically building took place. Two major changes were the positions of the motors and the transmission angle was optimized. Some minor changes were to the stability, beams and plates were added at different locations to support the body. Once the design was brought into life, the controls were programmed and the sensors were chosen for various inputs reasons. The final step to this process was to integrate and calibrate all the components to ensure they work in synergy.