At the 2023 MIT class 2.009 (Product Engineering Processes) finals, six teams presented products to help end users with a diversity of "wild" experiences.
With winches, spinners, and telescoping contraptions, MIT students’ bots went head to head in the 2.007 student robot competition inspired by “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Daniel Braunstein, an instructor in MIT’s Pappalardo Lab, uses creative approaches in hands-on classes that transform undergrads into mechanical engineers.
Credits: Photo courtesy of the class 2.s009 staff. Caption: This year’s 2.009 products were inspired by the theme “kindness.” Here, a team of mechanical engineering seniors present their product Solace, a foldable life raft for people who live in flood- or hurricane-prone regions. Credits: Photo courtesy of the class 2.s009 staff. Caption: The green team presents their product Auxilia, a manual wheelchair attachment that alleviates physical strain and helps new wheelchair users move through doorways more comfortably. Credits: Photo courtesy of the class 2.s009 staff.
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On the evening of Dec. 7, six teams of mechanical engineering students presented the product prototypes they developed this semester in class 2.s009 (Explorations in Product Design), a special version of class