New approaches to material synthesis with customizable and open source robotics

Axolotl is our customizable robot with its backbone from the 3D printing kit “Jubilee” developed at UW Human Centered Design and Engineering. It has integrated parts from multiple platforms such as the pipette from Opentrons OT-2, an Arducam camera from Arduino kits, and photoluminescence sensors from Ocean Optics. We are also developing custom tools to add onto Axolotl to explore a larger variety of materials to synthesis.

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  • We started this building Jubilee from a kit provided by Filastruder. All the necessary tools such as the frame, back panels, and motors were provided in the kit. We assembled each section from the individual components. The primary assembly instructions were provided by the Jubilee Wiki. In total, the team spent approximately 30 hours fully assembling the Jubilee.