| Biography |
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| My name is Nicolaas Doyle. I am a grade 7 student at Grand Avenue Public School in Grimsby, Ontario. I'm on a swim team and play water polo. I also play baseball or soccer in the summer. I play saxophone in a beginner jazz band. My favourite hobbies are racing RC cars and riding my scooter. I got the idea for my project from my mom who is a physicist. She went to Boston for a conference and attended a presentation on a Universal Jamming Gripper. My mom told me about it because she knows I am very interested in robotics, and so I decided to investigate it further as my science fair project. For future work I would like to give my gripper remote mobility. The advice I would give other students about doing a project is to do something that you know will really capture your interest so that you will be excited to work on it for most of the school year. |
| Nicolaas Doyle
Jammed Up! Investigating a Universal Jamming Gripper
| Challenge: | Innovation | | Category: | Junior | | Region: | Niagara | | City: | Grimsby, ON | | School: | Grand Avenue E.S. | | Abstract: | Granular materials are made of many particles of the same substance, and have a jamming transition which turns them from fluid-like to solid-like when the particles pack so closely that they can no longer move. A universal gripper was built based on the jamming process which can successfully pick up objects of different geometry. Its performance was evaluated as a function of particle size. |
| Awards | Value | Excellence Award - Junior
Bronze Medal
Sponsor: Youth Science Canada | $100.00 | Western University Scholarship
Bronze Medallist - $1000 Entrance Scholarship
Sponsor: Western University | $1 000.00 | | Total | $1 100.00 | |
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