Transfer Mechanism

William Schrab

22 Sep 2026

Project Goal

Create a mechanism that is able to move a ball through 3 randomly given precision points that can be mounted onto a pegboard. The mechansim must receive a ball from the previous group and transfer it to the next group.

Hardware Skills Used

3D Printing
Laser cutting
Analytical and Graphical Mechanism Synthesis

Software Skills Used

SOLIDWORKS
MATLAB
Lincages
C++ (Arduino)

Technical Information

The mechanism is a motion generator because it not only moves through 3 specific points, but the dyad at the tip of the mechanism has to only rotate a certain amount before the golf ball falls out.

Positions: (0,8), (8,16), & (16,13) and rotate -56°

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