Iterating upon a previous generation picking station for my second co-op at Amazon Robotics, I redesigned the sheet metal frame for the canopy hanging overhead of the station. I gained comfortability working with sheet metal in SolidWorks, designing the structural frame, brackets for electronics, and making technical drawings that include callouts for PEM hardware.
Screenshot of the canopy from this NBC News video
I collected position vs. time data of totes rolling on conveyors using a distance sensor with the MODBUS protocol. After data collection was complete, I analyzed the data using the Pandas library in Python to determine optimal speed settings so we can update our settings in fulfillment centers.
Image from this Amazon news article about the project