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Critical Analysis

In the beginning of the course, I felt that it is important to have Effective Communication as a module. I believe communicating well is very important and is a essential skill which will be beneficial in the near future. My goal for this module is to improve on my written and presentation skills. There are a few takeaways for this module and group project. Firstly, I have learnt a lot from my professor on how to paraphrase, citing a source and summarizing an article properly. After practicing on paraphrasing many times, it helps to improve my written skills. This helps me to paraphrase better for my design summary and design analysis. Secondly, professor brad insists us in doing peer evaluation for each other. This help us by learning from one another. Lastly, the presentation for my project. There was an improvement I made from the mock presentation. I was not a good speaker to begin with and presenting to a group of audience was never easy to me. The feedback my classmates gav...
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Annotated Summary

Saraogi V., (2019), How will autonomy shape the UK shipping industry? Ship Technology. Retrieved from https://www.ship-technology.com/features/how-will-autonomy-shape-the-uk-shipping-industry/ This article highlights on how autonomous technology will benefit the shipping industry in the UK. 90% of the trading system comes from the UK and ensuring that ships can move around safely in the open waters with the use of autonomous systems is crucial. In an industry that is archaic in its shipping efficiency and processes, autonomy is highly sought after in the prospect of advancements in the maritime industry. To keep vessels save and secure in open waters, cybersecurity still remains as a main concern needs to be addressed with the implementation of autonomous technology. There is an interest by newcomers entering the sector, keeping a lookout on whether autonomy can be the solution to shipping misery. The introduction of autonomy can be beneficial to maritime industry in substantial ...
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Technical Report Draft 1

Introduction This report introduces SmartNav and how it will greatly benefit the shipping industry of ships 300 gross tonnage and larger improving its efficiency and making sea travel safer. This product will greatly benefit seafarers, shipping and transport companies. Background 16 of the world's cargo ships emit as much “lung-clogging sulphur pollution” as all the cars in the world (Pearce, 2009). Planning the shortest travel routes used by cargo ships, operating costs and the pollution produced by cargo ships can be reduced. From 2011 to 2019, there were 25614 ships involved in collisions. (EMSA, 2019) Ship collisions have many factors with human error being the largest factor. According to the article “Modes of Transportation explained: Which type of cargo and freight transportation is the best?”(Carnarius, 2018), seaborne trading makes up 90% of global trading. Ocean freights are the preferred method of transportation due to being the cheapest method of shipping go...
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Final Design Summary & Analysis

The article "This soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you", (2017), a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego (USCD), designed and built a soft robotic grip and its features. The soft robotic gripper can "pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them and needing to be trained." It has three fingers made of pneumatic chambers which, have multiple degrees of freedom allowing manipulation of the held object. Each finger is covered with a "smart sensing skin made of silicone rubber" with embedded "sensors made of conducting carbon nanotubes". The sensing skin records and detects the nanotubes conductivity changes as the fingers bend. The data is then processed by the control board, which then creates a 3D model of the object the gripper is manipulating. As good as UCSD is, there are similar products with better gripping mechanism and special gripping features like the FlexShapeGripper developed ...
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Design Summary Draft 2

The article "This soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you", (2017), a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego, designed and built a soft robotic grip and its features. The soft robotic gripper can "pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them and needing to be trained." It has three fingers made of pneumatic chambers which, have multiple degrees of freedom allowing manipulation of the held object. Each finger is covered with a "smart sensing skin made of silicone rubber" with embedded "sensors made of conducting carbon nanotubes". The sensing skin records and detects the nanotubes conductivity changes as the fingers bend. The data is then processed by the control board, which then creates a 3D model of the object the gripper is manipulating. A s good as the soft robotic gripper is, there are similar products with better gripping mechanism and unique gripping features like the FlexShapeGrippe...
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Design Summary Draft 1

The article "This soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you", (2017), a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego, designed and built a soft robotic grip and its features. The soft robotic gripper can "pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them and needing to be trained." It has three fingers made of pneumatic chambers which, have multiple degrees of freedom allowing manipulation of the held object. Each finger is covered with a "smart sensing skin made of silicone rubber" with embedded "sensors made of conducting carbon nanotubes". The sensing skin records and detects the nanotubes conductivity changes as the fingers bend. The data is then processed by the control board, which then creates a 3D model of the object the gripper is manipulating. As good as the soft robotic gripper is, there are similar products with more adaptable features like the FlexShaperGripper developed by Festo with colla...
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Summary Draft 2

Summary Draft 2 The article "This soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you", (2017), a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego, designed and built a soft robotic grip and its features. The soft robotic gripper can "pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them and needing to be trained." It has three fingers made of pneumatic chambers which, have multiple degrees of freedom allowing manipulation of the held object. Each finger is covered with a "smart sensing skin made of silicone rubber" with embedded "sensors made of conducting carbon nanotubes". The sensing skin records and detects the nanotubes conductivity changes as the fingers bend. The data is then processed by the control board, which then creates a 3D model of the object the gripper is manipulating.
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