System Dynamics Analysis
The goal for this analysis was to develop a simplified model of the mechanical system that we designed for our term project. To do so, we came up with a simplified model for each axis of movement/DOF of our Nerf turret and simulated them using both open-loop and closed-loop models.
We solved our system using both the Euler and Runge-Kutta (RK4) methods, however we only used the values from the RK4 method for our open and closed-loop simulations (because of its increased accuracy).
This analysis was completed using Jupyter so that our results and analysis could be displayed in the same location as our code. We also utilized the NumPy tool heavily.
The links below contain the results of our analysis. The one on the left is for yaw/base axis, while the one on the right is for the pitch. The Jupyter code files are able to be downloaded by clicking on the files in the Documents section of the footer.
