(Mechatronics Faire) Self-Moving Chess Board

- Designed and programmed a self-moving chess board featuring an electromagnet on a two dimensional table actuator (similar to a laser cutter) that slides pieces, a Raspberry-Pi running the Stockfish chess engine, keyboard input, and an LCD user interface.
- Specced stepper motors and designed a custom belt system using Solidworks, to support dynamic motion of the motors.
- Earned a top score of 5 in Vanderbilt’s junior-level Mechatronics design faire for “superior difficulty and functional significance.”