This week we worked on direct control of the jellyfish arms. We made 2 motions: “pulse” and “wiggle”. Pull will actuate and then release all arms in short succession. Wiggle will actuate one arm at a time sequentially. We used circuit python with the Pico board. Unfortunately Hunt library closed so we took the robot home to test. We didn’t have a large tank so we put it in a bowl, so we’re not sure how these motions would look in the tank yet.
We also made a CAD model for a smaller single actuator jellyfish. But not sure if we can get it done in time for the show.
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TEdhAqjEpIGa3L61PbP-pYjLCAwTackj/view?usp=sharing
The next steps are to clean up the wiring, code some more motions, and finalize our piece.