Team Project Brief Design
Machine Design SEM200 “Warman Competition 2017”
28 Marsh 2017
Team 10 Members:
1- Abdulhadi Alanazi
2- Mohammed Qurban
3- Ishan Sadisha
4- Ali AL Saleh
5- Mohammed Abada
6- Tomasz Mikolajewski Contents Page:
1. Design Goal
2.Design Specification
3.Design Methodology
4.Background
5.Team Commitment
6.Reference list: 1. Design Goal:
The design goal is to build a robot that will achieve the
necessary outcome needed for the Warman competition with a
fast approach.
2. Design Specification:
a. User and operating specifications
i. User-centric needs
No Customer needs Units Importance
1 Cost AUD $ 10
2 Dimensions mm 7
3 Safety subjective 10
4 Reliable Subjective 7
5 Weight kg 7
6 Easy to repair subjective 6
7 Time to deliver seconds 8
8 Power source Volts 6
• Must be low cost
• Weight should be less than 6kg
• Dimensions must obey Warman competition guidelines
• Safety is a prime importance factor in this completion
• Must be minimum malfunction and reliable
• Delivery time should be between 12 seconds and 25seconds
• Can use any portable Power source
• Must be primary land vehicle
• Must be full automatic (no human operated)
ii. Operating conditions
• Must avoid obstacles
• Must work on any weather condition
• Must not damage or contaminate competition track
• Must not leave discarded parts on competition track
b. Performance target specification # Target
specification
units Min max Acceptable Ideal Importance
1 Mass Kg - 6.0 6.0 4.0 5
2 Length mm - 400 400 400 6
3 Width mm - 400 400 300 5
4 Height mm - 400 400 350 6
5 Time/speed s - 120 25 5
6 Cost AUD$ - 150 100 80 3
7 Build quality - low high Average Average 4
8 Ease of Use - hard Easy Average easy 5
9 Aesthetics - 2
• Should Collect balls and deliver them without any fault
• Should Sought out balls quickly
• Should light weight and simple
• Should be easy to operate and program
• Should be reliable
• Should do the task fast and accurate as points are awarded based
on the Warman completion formula
• Should be built in high quality
3. Design Methodology:
Broadly speaking, design methodology can be seen as the
development of the system that intends to perform certain
functions. Therefore, to deliver the Warman robot, it is required
that design methodology of the system be identified clearly. In
regard to Warman robot, it needs to be based on specific dimension constraints. Furthermore, it needs to distribute
concrete objects. Speculating upon robot system design and
development, it becomes apparent that Warman project proceeds
from the focus of the classical family of construction.
Consequently, some fundamental steps must be taken into
account throughout the development process.
As for the initial step of elucidating the design methodology, it
should be aimed at figuring out the needs for the demanded
product. Significantly, the given issue will distinguish the
constraints as well as other obstacles with reference to the design
of a product. More important, it is mandatory to do an in-depth
research into the design that could be applied for the robot during
the Warman project. The study will incorporate the power system
design, methods to manage the robot, necessary materials, etc.
Numerous aspects of the robot, including the size restrictions
cannot be disregarded when conducting the research.
Then, the team should focus on some probable solutions. Team
members must make stress upon the specification of ideas in
accordance with each feature. For example, to delimitate the
wheel share for the project, it is imperative to come up with
several viewpoints, putting an emphasis on selecting the best one.
Following the aforementioned procedures, a promising design
that proceeds on the basis of the requirements as well as the
constraints has to be selected. One has to be conscious that the reluctance to elaborate on the alternative design may have a
negative effect on the Warman project. The offered design is to
be approved by the Autodesk Inventor software; on the basis of
this design, the robot’s movability will be determined. It is also
important to investigate the dynamic motion of the system.
After elaborating on the promising design, special attention needs
to be paid to the prototyping; it actually has a strong connection
to manufacturing the main parts for the robot to be equipped.
The pivotal strategy within the field of part production must be 3D
printing technique. Notably, 3D printing has been well construed
at Deakin; one has to take into consideration the fact that the
interaction between students and the staff itself will constitute
the major step towards the improvement of practical skills among
students. Designing the robot will give the chance to implement
the control system in the robot. Owing to each of these stages,
the product will gradually move to its completion phase.
The design methodology, tightly linked to measuring the design
along with the prototype, appears to be the next step to
thoroughly consider.
The final step stands out as the optimization of the product; it can
be said that this step plays a crucial role in revealing any failures
that prevent the product from functioning correctly. The step
centers around the analysis of feedbacks received from the
customers. Regarding Warman project, it is aimed at endowing team members with the comments from the technical staff and
unit chairs.
In sum, the design methodology encompasses problem definition,
excursus into the project itself and concepts development, the
best modifications to the final design, the process of developing
prototype, an in-depth assessment of the robot, and making the
most effective system. All the issues will undergo a detailed
analysis throughout the further steps.
4. Background:
Warman Competition is provided to student who are in their
way to be engineers. Its goal is providing a sustainable
environment for practicing engineering more professionally. Its
vision is great for education in Australia. It has countless
contracts with organizations, institutions and universities,
Deakin is one of them.
Firstly, Jhon Reizes had suggested to held Warman competition
in 1987. As written the competition named Warman after
Charles Warman. They are many organizers take the lead of the
competition (Engineers Australia, 2015).
Secondly, existence of the competition was for second year
students in Australia. It is provided for engineering students to
gain more practical experience in their subjects. Deakin
university gets involved in the competition in 2014 (Engineers
Australia, 2015).5. Team Commitment:6. Reference:
Engineers Australia, 2015, Warman design and Build Competition,
Retrieved: 26/03/2017.