1. Mechanical Design Tutorial F10

2. mechDESIGN Physical presence of the robot Key to mechanical design of robots is keeping in mind all the components that go into a robot

3. designTOOLS Main program: Solidworks Solid modelling program used everywhere from academia to industry The UWRT has a sponsorship deal with Solidworks I use Solidworks at my co-op job The tutorials are very helpful

4. designTIPS Sumo competition design can be as simple or as complex as you want Make sure to allow for the board, motors, wheels, and two sets of batteries. Pay attention to how the metal will be bent and the order in which you will be doing so

5. solidworksOVERVIEW Basis of Solidworks consists of making a 2D sketch and extruding it to a 3D object Useful tools like Hole Wizard, Rendering, Patterns, Fillets, Chamfers More advanced techniques like sweeps, lofts Built in FEA (Finite Element Analysis) software

6. solidworksMODELLING Start with sketch Proceed to Extrude

7. solidworksMODELLING Here is a box

8. solidworksTUTORIALS These. Do them. They are your friends.

9. uwrtMODELS

10. questions? This presentation is posted on our website You should check our website often. http://uwrobotics.uwaterloo.ca/