📌 Overview
Design that moves with purpose.
Auto challenges you to create functional mechanical systems — from gear trains and linkages to cams, sliders, and locking mechanisms. It’s all about motion, precision, and engineering designs that do more than just sit still.
🧭 Submission instructions
It moves, it locks, it functions. This is motion with intent. Best-working mechanism takes the prize.
- CAD must be done using Onshape or Solidworks
- Submit all documents relating to your design.
🧾 Judging criteria
The first place team should ideally have:
- A pitch and presentation detailing your design process
- Demonstration of your functional product will be required during your presentation. Be prepared to share your screen.
- Quality design
- Use construction lines instead of solid lines to improve clarity
- Mechanism should logically work
- Parts should be spaced realistically to move without interference
- Components should be designed with practical manufacturing in mind.
- Ranking points:
- 1st: 5 RP
- 2nd: 3 RP
- 3rd: 1 RP
📄 Difficulty
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