This was my senior design project. We were sponsored by NC Department of Agriculture and tasked with automating the soil sample weighing process. They manually weigh approximately 6000 soil samples per day. This is the solution we designed and manufactured over a two semester period (Spring and Fall 2020). The vast majority of components were custom designed and fabrication by the team for this project (excluding parts like motors, controllers, or solenoids). I was unanimously voted MVP by my peers for my contributions to the project and for assuming the role of team-lead.
The development was impacted by COVID-19 and delays were prominent with sourcing materials, University lab availability and capacity limitations. However, we were able to persevere and deliver an almost finished product. Our sponsor NCDA was very please with the results and we were awarded first place in the course competition.
The project in its entirety can be found in the Git repository below.
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https://git.robsengineeringadventures.com/rmhunter/SeniorDesignProject