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The cart that you see to your left is the vehicle that we have spent many man hours and dollars creating. Over the course of our first semester here at MIT, we met in our different subteams different times during the week to create the final product you see before you.
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Our team of eight freshman assisted by a few upperclassmen, graduate students, and Professor Leeb split into two teams that attacked the major design and construction problems of our cart seperately. Our large group converted to 3 small groups consisting of task forces that worked on electronics, frame and steering, and drive system.
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The electronics team designed and constructed the solid state circuits that control the flow of electricity to our motors. These electronics control the power of the 96V battery pack that sits beneath our driver and routes it in a orderly fashion to our two electric DC motors.
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The frame and steering group designed and built the front end of our cart. This section included the pillowblock mount that we use to stabilize our steering and the half inch steel brackets that provide maximum stability for our front wheels and steering systesms.
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The drivetrain of our cart consists of a modified bike wheel and simple sprocket and chain system. The power is transfered from the electric motors to the large, back bike wheels through a geared down chain connection. The hub of the bike wheel was remachined to allow the new shafts to go through them.
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