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Design and implementation of apparatus that provides two different stimuli to a caged monkey. The monkey
must then choose between stimuli and be rewarded for the correct choice. Device should be able to be securely attached to cage and readily moveable from cage to cage. All manipulations by monkey should be accessible within the inside surface of cage. Device has potential to be entirely mechanical or combination or mechanical and electrical.
We completed our first mechanical prototype one year ago. It looked like this (monkey side) with a reward door open.
It attached to the cage where in the feeding bin slot. With the feeding bin there, the cage looks like this.
It looks slightly different with our device there.
Our second (electronical) prototype, which is based on a simple logic circuit, has been completed and is ready for use.
We are in the process of fine-tuning the third prototype which uses a parallax microcontroller instead of the logic circuit to conrol the doors. We will add a reset button this weekend and then make a new base to allow it to attach snugly wugly to the monkey cage.
| Week | Reporting Period Beginning | Activities |
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| 1 | January 24 | Contact client, meet with client |
| 2 | January 31 | Brainstorm design ideas |
| 3 | February 7 | Brainstorm design ideas |
| 4 | February 14 | Brainstorm design ideas |
| 5 | February 21 | Select best design, begin building design |
| 6 | February 28 | Continue building design, work on presentations |
| 7 | March 7 | Presentations |
| 8 | March 14 | Submit design notebooks for advisor review, work on final design |
| 9 | March 21 | work on design |
| 10 | March 28 | work on design |
| 11 | April 4 | work on design |
| 12 | April 11 | work on design |
| 13 | April 18 | finish design #3, journal |
| 14 | April 25 | finish design #3, write journal article |
| 15 | May 2 | submit final product, journal, and poster presentation. Graduate!! |
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Spring 2002 mid-semester report (Mar 6 2003, 754 kb) |
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Spring 2002 Presentation (Mar 6 2003, 4718 kb) |
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Spring 2002 final paper (Mar 6 2003, 1775 kb) |
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Fall 2002 mid-semester presentation (Mar 6 2003, 684 kb) |
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Fall 2002 final presentation (Mar 6 2003, 1945 kb) |
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Fall 2002 final paper - no photos (Mar 6 2003, 56 kb) |
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Fall 2002 final paper - illustrations included (Mar 6 2003, 925 kb) |
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Spring 2003 mid-semester presentation (Mar 6 2003, 2276 kb) |
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Spring 2003 final poster presentation (May 6 2003, 2276 kb) |
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Product Design Specification (May 6 2003, 27 kb) |
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Spring 2003 final paper (May 11 2003, 2021 kb) |
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Journal Article (May 11 2003, 804 kb) |
