During the Spring '21 semester at Columbia University, I was enrolled in MECE 4611 (Robotics Studio). This is a hands-on studio course that exposes students to the entire robot design process, including kinematics, industrial design, manufacturing, electronics, simulation, and programming.
The goal of this course was to design and construct a legged robot capable of dancing. Since this course was held remotely, each student enrolled in the class received a kid containing a 3D printer (Ender 3 Pro), safety equipment (e.g. eye protection, gloves, fume extractor), basic tools (e.g. soldering iron, pliers), and robot components (e.g. servomotors, rechargeable batter, Raspberry Pi).
The following video is a brief overview of the steps my partner and I took to build our robot, we dubbed the "GlowBot".
