Thursday, October 8, 2009

Solar Tracking Field



Last week's assignment for smart surfaces was to develop a field of solar tracking components using digital project and modeling. The basis for my team's design was a sheer plane which could control the movement of multiple poles simultaneously.

We used servos and rubber bands to control the x and y axis movement of the plane. We also attached LEDs and a LDR to the machine in order to make the system responsive to the amount of sunlight present.


Finally we worked on developing a series of flower like mechanisms which would attach to the end of the poles. The flowers would be able to open and close in order to collect more or less sunlight depending on the light intensity levels
measured by the LDR.

More images and videos of the project are available here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/parsnipsncelery/sets/72157622468356900/



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