MEAM 520 Pick and Place Challenge

For our final project in MEAM 520, the class split up into teams of four and competed head to head in a pick and place challenge. Using the Franka Panda arm, you could score points by moving blocks to your goal platform, stacking them, and placing them with a certain bonus face oriented upwards. Each team had four static blocks and access to the central dynamic blocks (which rotated in the center). Our team qualified from the group stages to the playoffs but got knocked out after our force feedback for sensing if we had grabbed a dynamic block failed. To see our team compete in the playoffs, check out the video below (time stamp 2:17:50, blue team).

I have linked our final report below includes detailed information on our methodology, evaluation, and analysis, .