For those who’ve played the game Portal or Portal 2, you probably recognized the unmistakable sentry turret from the games based on the display image (if not, here’s a side-by-side comparison for reference!)

I’d also highly suggest checking our project website here for more documentation!

This project was created along with my classmates Tim, Bennett, Mia, and Skye for our Principles of Engineering (POE) class. The final project for this class was rather open-ended - the only requirement was that whatever we made, it needed to consist of a significant mechanical, electrical, and software component. We chose this project since it provided good technical work that all of our members were interested in and could learn a lot from, with the bonus of being a project that would be fun for our classmates to interact with.

Team POE-tal turret poses with our creation

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Project evolution - from prototype to polish!

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Source Code