Toy Cannon: B.A.L.L.

Background

This is a Senior Capstone Project designed by UCI's MAE department teaching staff aimed to test various engineering skills while introducing industry standard practices. Included but not limited to are CAD modelling, SolidWorks FEA Simulation, Circuitry, the Engineering Design Process, and Python.

This specific project ties to the various guidance and navigation systems typically used in missiles. While our project takes on a simplified version of this problem, the main goal of understanding the relative positioning between two objects remains the same. Certain assumptions, such as the position of our cannon, are made reducing the number of sensors required and providing freedom as to how we could accomplish our task.

Our milestones are as follows:

• Week 5-6: 
  • Problem Definition and System Architecture
  • Concept Selection and Early Modeling
• Week 6-7: 
  • Subsystem Design and Bench Testing
• Week 7-8:
  • Integration and Open-Loop Testing, Bill of Materials
• Week 8-10:
  • Closed-Loop Control and Target Tracking

Current Updates

• Flywheel mechanism added to cannon
• Canister design finalized
• Radar system tested to be accurate up to ~ 14 ft
  • 360 degree area coverage with turntable servo and radar system
• Testing with Pi Camera Module 3 beginning

Contact the Team

Andrei Darjuan - darjuana@uci.edu

Tyson Ma - tysonm1@uci.edu

Ethan Ramos - ethanar2@uci.edu

Joseph Jesse Munoz - jjmunoz1@uci.edu

Karen Zamora-Cedillo - zamorack@uci.edu

Sponsor/Advisor

Mohamed Shorbagy - mohamem2@uci.edu