Kayak Self-Docking System

This class covered linear, time invariant system analysis, with a project that focused on marine systems. My team and I built an automatic docking system for a kayak that would detect a dock cleat using real-time image processing and launch a string to secure the kayak to the dock.

As the mechanical lead for this project, I designed and built the launcher system. When the image processing system detected the brightly colored dock cleat, the launching servo released two beads from their loaded state in the launcher units, sending them and the string around the dock cleat. After a short delay, the winching servo would wind up the excess string to secure the kayak to the dock.