The team continued to make meaningful progress this week as our work shifted further from preliminary investigation into detailed design development and prototyping efforts. Building on insights from recent discussions with Johnson & Johnson, we advanced several parallel tracks of… Read More
Week 11: PID Day!
This week marked steady progress as we continued developing both the mechanical and computer vision components of our wire insertion system. During Prototype Inspection Day, we presented our current design to professors and industry professionals. The feedback we received was… Read More
Week 10: Preparing for Prototype Inspection
Team CORBOTICS has continued to focus on design for fixtures, integration of subsystems, and preparation for testing in anticipation of Prototype Inspection Day. During this week, the team worked to improve the reliability and repeatability of our fixtures, verify our… Read More
Week 9: Rolling Into Motion
Given what we learned from the experts at J&J last week, we’ve adjusted the fundamental goal of our concepts and developed our first version of a holding fixture. We learned exactly what features on the catheter the technicians look for… Read More
Week 8: Project Plan Updates and First Fixture Development
The team made a pivotal transition this week from our high-level research into narrowing the scope and moving towards a specific direction of our design. Following our visit to the Johnson & Johnson site last week, we started to make… Read More
Week 7: PDR Practice + J&J site tour!
This week was both exciting and productive for our IPPD team. We had the opportunity to present our Preliminary Design Review (PDR) to the class and receive valuable feedback from our peers and instructors. The feedback session was incredibly useful,… Read More
Week 6: Refining Our Design Path
Week 6 has been a major step forward for Corbotics as we continue shaping our design concepts into tangible ideas. With our research foundation and early sketches in place, we’ve shifted focus toward refining how our system will operate and… Read More
Week 5: Concept Generations
It’s been over a month since our first day of class, and looking back, we’ve made significant progress towards finding a solution.. Week 5 has been about condensing our findings into a Preliminary Design Report, visualizing our ideas with sketches,… Read More
Week 4: Defining Our Project and Design Vision
Hey everyone! Week 4 has been another productive and energizing week for Corbotics as we keep making progress on our Johnson & Johnson Bimanual Wire Manipulation project. Here’s a look at what we’ve been working on and where we’re headed… Read More
Week 3: Logo Creation
Corbotics Team – Week 3 Update: Hey everyone! Week 3 has been a busy and exciting one for Team 11 (aka Corbotics) as we keep diving deeper into our Johnson & Johnson Bimanual Wire Manipulation project. Here’s a quick look… Read More
Week 2: Meet the Team
Hey Everyone! Our team is very excited to be working on this year’s IPPD project with Johnson & Johnson – Biosense Webster. Our project aims to design and prototype a bimanual wire manipulation tool for micro-assembly. So far this week we… Read More