Popeye Shipbot | Mechatronics Project 2022

Introduction

Automating manually-operated electro-mechanical devices is necessary for future advancement that aims to reduce labor expenses and accidents due to human error. One specific area where this technology can be applied is maritime operations. Due to the hundreds of different manual-operated electro-mechanical devices, replacing each of these with individual automated ones would be extremely costly. In order to maintain the desired low cost from making this change, a single device must be able to perform all these various existing operations.

This shipbot must be able to operate on its own without any interference from humans. This means the device must be able to map its environment, and complete the given tasks. The humans are however, still the primary operators of the ship meaning these tasks must be completed and no other tasks must be executed once the desired results are achieved.

This website contains all the documentations from the team “Popeye”, they showcased the development process from ideation to prototyping of this shipbot.

Popeye1.mp4