Nasir Bartley PB1A WP3

Part 2: Will Robots make that much of a change in making more efficient vehicles than human beings when it comes to simulating perfect results through 3D softwares?






Part 3: 1. Impedance Control of Robots Using Voltage Control Strategy, 2. Robotics, Virtual Reality, and Agents and their Body: A Special Issue in Memory of Marco Somalvico, 3. Relevance of Assembly in Global Manufacturing. 4.Relevant factors for the energy consumption of industrial robots

Nasir Bartley: WP2 - Elevator Pitch

Hi how are you today? It is an honor finally meeting you. My name is Nasir Bartley, I am a first year student at Penn State Abington and my discipline is Mechanical Engineering. I’ve looked into your past robotics contests and it looks great. Who wouldn’t wants to design a robot to do things such as play basketball, or put out a flame, or even follow a trail? I will like to take it to a different level. I was thinking me and could work on an ACURA project that involves knowledge from ME and RE. I will love to work with you to see how we can robots to design more efficient automobiles than Human Beings. For a start I’ve done some research on this and found two efficient methods to help bring this idea to life. We can try to improve robotic machining accuracy through experimental error investigation and modular compensation, and improve them for proactive ergonomics design. Hope you’re looking forward to doing this project with me. Thank you for your time.

WP2 - Rubric

WP2 Feedback Matrix

	Did Not Meet Expectations	Met Expectations	Exceeded Expectations
Argument + Argumentation
Focus on Genre+Conventions and Rhetorical Factors
Use of Textual Evidence from Genre Examples
Use of Course Readings
Analysis
Organization/Structure
Lower/Later-Order Concerns: Sentence-level Clarity, Mechanics, and Flow
Other Comments

Example 1

• Strengths
• Great delivery
• Felt confident
• Even gave the person a way to contact him
• Weaknesses
• Wasn't really approaching the person to keep the conversation going, just waited on questions to be answered. 

Example 2

• Strengths
• Great delivery
• Very specific
• Praised the employer for prior knowledge she had about him/her
• Weaknesses
• Too loud
• Too Excited

Example 3

• Strengths
• Great Delivery
• Confident
• Weaknesses
• Didn't use the right words
• Even though he didn't mean to offend people, his words were vulnerable to any way anyone could take it
• Inappropriate

Nasir Bartley WP2 - PB2B

1. Article 1: Improving robotic machining accuracy through experimental error investigation and modular compensation
Article 2: Improving digital human modelling for proactive ergonomics in design

2. For Article number one, the paper analyzes the relevant sources of errors when machining with industrial robots so that they can find ways to improve the use of the robots.

• The two main materials they used were robot controllers and mechanical chains to analyze the experiments, then it backlashed. 
• Based on the analysis, the backlash can be identified as being most effective. The robot kinematics and the calibration of the work cell can improve positioning accuracy and result also in better precision in machining.
• The machining experiments can be better if the improvements that can be achieved using the different proposed compensation method are also the general cell set-up and the selected machining strategy have an important influence both on the accuracy and the quality.

For Article number two, this article attempted to outline some of the major issues that has to be addressed to improve the functionality of existing DHM tools.

• The thesis is “that only when valid postures and motions are available to a designer using a DHM will the biomechanical and other ergonomics analysis model predictions be correct.”
• Digital human modelling is providing the necessary technology to allow a designer to simulate different sets of manual tasks. The request by designers to use these human graphic simulations for making a new workplace or vehicle design is growing.
• One thing that was bad was that these potential users of this technology did not have enough time or knowledgeable experience in ergonomics to understand the ergonomics and the outcome predictions provided by existing DHM tools. 
• They believed that research on human motion and biomechanical are capable to be performed in ways that provide predictable and valid models that can be able to be processed with the existing DHM tools.

3. For Article number one, the conventions were Robotic machining, Robot dynamics, Robot modelling, Error compensation, and Optical tracking

• Affordances were that they can get better results if they used a different approach at the experiment using the COMET approach basis.
• They would have to make their results more imperfect to get more realistic results.
• Constraints was that they had to make sure their results were realistic because if they used results from the experiment through only technology and fully relied on it, then the results would be too perfect for real life
• The audience is other engineers with the same discipline as them.
• The way the article was structured was that it had an abstract along with keywords of the article. Then it was pictures to be able to understand the article a little better throughout the article.
• Provided a results section and an analysis
• They stated their issues and stated future references to help improve their future studies.
• Then the article came with a conclusion summing up the whole article and have references at the bottom in a certain for depending on the citation.

For Article number two, the conventions were Modelling; Digital human modelling; Physical design

• Affordances was that all of the methods can produce realistic looking motions, but most have been tested with limited motion databases or have assumed a small number of linkage systems, normally three to five links. 
• Simulated motions must be based on real human motion data
• Models should be computationally fast for real time simulations
• Models should automatically adapt and use new motion data to become more robust in predicting novel motion situations of interest to a designer
• Constraints was that the modeling has to be able to predict how different groups of people coordinate the movement of specific segments of the body when they are given the task they need to do.
• Someone has to specify the intended hand motion trajectory, even if only a starting posture and an ending target location to which the hand is to reach, then a general whole-body motion prediction approach is required.
• The audience is other engineers with the same discipline as them.
• The way the article was structured was that it had an abstract along with keywords of the article. Then it was pictures to be able to understand the article a little better throughout the article.
• Provided a results section and an analysis
• They stated their issues and stated future references to help improve their future studies.
• Then the article came with a conclusion summing up the whole article and have references at the bottom in a certain for depending on the citation.

4. One thing that was very important about the two articles was the the methods they use to approach the experient and analysis. If you use the wrong methods or do the methods slighty wrong, your results will not come out correct. In engineering you have to be almost perfect at everything because that one thing that is too imperfect can mess up the whole project.

Nasir Bartley PB2A: Parts 3-5

Part 3: Turn your curiosities into questions: formulate 3-5 research questions. What might you like to investigate?

1. How can robots assist humans in designing more efficient automobiles?
2. How will automotive robotics impact the Industry?
3. What are some possible dangers in robots taking jobs away from humans in the world?

Part 4: Suppose you wanted to find scholarly articles about these ideas using the library’s online database: what disciplinary keywords (i.e., search terms) could you use? List 5-10 keywords that could facilitate your search. 

1. Mechanical Engineering
2. Automotive
3. Design
4. Robotics
5. 3D Modeling

Part 5: Pinpoint 5 different scholarly journal articles about your topic(s). You don’t need to read any of them yet. Instead, simply provide a citation for each piece according to the formatting expectations of that discipline (MLA, APA, Chicago Style, etc.). Note: you’ll have to do some light background research to find out what citation style this major/discipline typically uses and how to format it appropriately. We’ll brainstorm some resources together that can help you do that.

1. Improving robotic machining accuracy through experimental error investigation and modular compensation(ASME)
2. Improving digital human modelling for proactive ergonomics in design(ASME)
3. Impedance control of robots using voltage control strategy(ASME) 
4. Robotics, Virtual Reality, and Agents and their Body: A Special Issue in Memory of Marco Somalvico(APA 6th Edition) 
5. Relevance of Assembly in Global Manufacturing(ASME)

Nasir Bartley WP2 - PB2A: Parts 1-2

PART 1

• Mechanical engineering deals with anything that moves, including the human body, a very complex machine. Mechanical engineers learn about materials, solid and fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, heat transfer, control, instrumentation, design, and manufacturing to understand mechanical systems.
• Professor Robert Avanzato studies robotic engineering and has done Acura Research Projects in the past.

PART 2

• One concept I find very intriguing is actually manufacturing these models to understand the mechanical systems. 
• A mechanical system manages power to accomplish a task that involves forces and movement.
• If I had to devote a long time to studying something in this field, it will probably be:
• Physics
• Electrical Energy Conversion
• Elements of Mechanical Design 
• Principles of Design

Nasir Bartley - WP1 Extra Credit Response

Reverse Outline

1(Intro)	These three articles about the NFL and their players all contains certain conventions that will increase the rate of fan violence in the NFL. Even the unintended audience is also another population included in this slowly increasing rate of violence.
2	Colin Kaepernick’s Commercial escalated the issue of his bad relationship with the NFL The conventions of the article increase the fan violence in the NFL
3	Tom Brady’s situation brought a sinking feeling to his fans that look up to hm The conventions of the article brings an emotional appeal(pathos) towards fans of the NFL.
4	The new tackling rule brought many controversies to the table for the fans. Fans can lose interest in the game and cause violence amongst one another
5	Reasons why there is violence in the fan base. The perception fans have of the NFL and how the tackling rule is effecting it.
6	The NFL changed over the years.

For my WP1, I simply make an outline of how my paper should be. I put out what was the most important out of my paper and added the things that was less important to the outline. The first thing I added were my arguments of the paper. This is what my paper is gonna evolve around. The arguments I have can not only be the claim but it has to include textual evidence from a source that is related to the argument. The rebuttal is important because it shows that I know what the other side is thinking. Then I add the thesis and the conclusions to shape the paper up. Prioritizing all of the important and unimportant factors of my paper can help me finish the paper faster. This is because I spend more time on the important thing and get that out of the way in the shortest amount of time. Then I finish the unimportant thing fast because it doesn’t require me to think as hard. One thing I might change is my repetition of introducing my sources. I always say “According to the X” it makes the paper sound uninteresting saying that over and over.

WP1 Proposal

Textual genre 1: Articles

1. Example 1: News Article About a Murder

Biggest: NBC News

2nd biggest: News Reporter

Medium: News Article

Smallest: The Murder

2. Example 2: Article About Colin Kaepernick Being the Cover of Nike

Biggest: Nike Commercial about Nike

2nd biggest: Creator of the article

Medium: The Article

Smallest: Colin Kaepernick accepting the offer

Textual genre 2: Comics

3. Example 1: Marvel Comics

Biggest: Marvel Creator(Martin Goodman)

2nd biggest: Comic(Avengers)

Medium: Settings of the comic(Metro Atlanta Areas)

Smallest: Heroes and villains of the comic(Iron man, captain america, thanos, etc…)

4. Example 2: DC Comics

Biggest: DC Creator(Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson)

2nd biggest: Comic(Batman V Superman)

Medium: Settings of the comic(Gotham City and Metropolis)

Smallest: Heroes and villains of the comic( Batman, Superman, Lex Luther, etc…)

Textual genre 3: Textbooks

5. Example 1: Math Textbook(trigonometry 10th edition)

Biggest: Publisher( Sullivan )

2nd biggest: Math Textbook(trigonometry 10th edition)

Medium: Pages of the book

Smallest: A Trigonometry problem

6. Example 2: English Textbook(The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Ninth Edition) (Vol. Package 2: Volumes D, E, F)Ninth Edition)

Biggest: Publisher(M. H. Abrams)

2nd biggest: English Textbook(The Norton Anthology of English Literature (Ninth Edition) (Vol. Package 2: Volumes D, E, F)Ninth Edition)

Medium: The pages of the book

Smallest: A passage in the book

PB1B: Genre Navigator

Nasir Bartley

Pf. De Pierro

ENG 15

4 September 2018

PB1B

Music generator(additional generator): http://tones.wolfram.com/generate/G1wjIarQaGKwyJyHruILFErlnV347uXjpVlPUAKoXCMo3


After viewing these genres including the one I additionally put to the genre navigator list, I learned that there were a whole variety of conventions just for a simple genre. The genre generator I added was a music generator. This music generator even had snippet tones for each convention so not only that you can see what each convention is, but you can also hear the snippet tone. There were all types such as classical, piano, hip hop, r&b, jazz, country, etc… This is great for the music concept because when it comes to music, you have to hear something to make a choice in what type of music you like especially if you haven’t heard that type of music before.


The comic generator was pretty dope. You were able to type in any convention you like and it automatically generates a full comic strip for you. You don’t even have to think too hard on the convention, you can even say something like “well that escalated quickly.” And it generates a comic strip that talks about a goofy situation that escalated quickly. This is great for comic people because you can get a laugh out of playing around with the generators and it can even give the viewer an idea of what they would want in a full comic they would probably want to create one day. The meme generator is very well organized. It starts you off on the website with the most popular memes generated. This is a great concept on the website because when people are looking for good memes, the popular memes is what people look for so to see that there is a variety of popular memes is what is going to keep the viewers stuck on the website. And of course there is other conventions to look up. You can even search for your own convention in the search box. This meme generator opens up so many ideas for people to find the best level of their satisfaction. The SCIgen generator is a very helpful generator for viewers that needs help with writing a paper. There’s multiple text boxes labeled “Author’s name” so it can generate a full paper with a lot of author’s styles combined. This brings creativity to someone that wants to write a paper and even help them enhance their personality in writing so they can develop their own style.


There is a lot happening in these genre generators. Many differences were stated previously but if there was some similarities I can point out, it will be that they had a very flexible search engine. The generators barely got to a point where you would type something in a search engine, if it had one, and would say “No Results Were Found” for example. Generators also had so many varieties of conventions that it did not even need a search engine. The genre generators also sometimes could attack a vulnerable population. That type of population can be people that are not that creative depending on what generator you are using or even people that just cannot think at the moment. Now the question to be asked is “how can thinking about what’s happening in these websites help someone better understand genre?” First I ask myself what a genre is, and a genre is a set of different things that are in the same category. Things happening in these websites can help someone better understand genre itself simply because of the little aspects of the genre they are providing such as conventions. The websites can also help people understand what genres are because that specific genre includes a specific idea so people will know a difference between music and science if they looking for something and need to pick a certain category.

PB1A: What Makes a Parking Ticket a Parking Ticket???

Parking tickets is definitely a textual genre that was not discussed in class that I am familiar with. The main audience of this textual genre will be people that park in the wrong spots or people that even just park in a certain spot for too long or even somewhere at the wrong time. This is how a parking ticket looks. It is the worst feeling, this thing can have your day go from great to terrible. This parking ticket does not go for a particular population of people so this is willing to be given to anyone that runs into this situation. The purpose of this ticket is to be consequential those who break the law and regulations of parking such as overdue in time paid for parking, parking in handicap spots when you’re not handicap, or even parking in no parking places. In the context it will have payment fees on there that have to be paid by a certain time. Sometimes it can lead to jail time if the ticket is way too overdue(way past the payment). The paper is usually put onto the front of your car tucked into the hood of the car so the driver will be able to easily notice the ticket as he or she is walking towards his or her car. The style of the ticket is just a long white slip, flashy enough to catch the driver’s attention when he or she is heading back to their car. The tone of the situation of getting a ticket itself is either very angry tones or sad tones, neither tone in this ticket situation is a good one at all. A fight can even break out from getting a ticket if it is given to the right maniac. Now here is the genre question I have to ask myself is “What makes a parking ticket, a parking ticket?” very difficult question to answer pretty much? What makes a parking ticket a parking ticket is that energy that it brings after it is seen. You will know when someone has a parking ticket. Parking tickets can be very stressful at points as far as money management or age. If you are a young driver then that can look bad for you as a driver. A young crazy driver, that is also a maniac, will definitely not make a good match when it comes to a parking ticket. That person may not be able to drive again for a long time. Now that mostly everything is covered with parking tickets so far, is it a good thing to get a parking ticket? We all know it is not a good thing, everyone is not going to be stressed about it either because some people can own up to their mistakes. Ways to not get a parking ticket is simply following and not breaking the law or regulations of parking regardless of what you are going through.

How Do I Annotate?

The different kinds of annotations I did were underlining and giving thoughts on the bold sentences that stood out on the paper than the actual text, and underlined some things in the text that seemed more repetitive so I will know that it is something important to process in my mind. If I can categorized the annotations I did, it will be 1) bold quotes on the side of the text, 2) repetitive information in the passage 3) anything on the paper that indicates a rhetorical device so I can understand what the writer is trying to tell their readers. Alyssa highlights both concepts of the writing and jots down info on the differences of the concepts. Mashur puts bullet points on things that are important, brackets stuff that he can get something out of as far as learning.

About Me

Hello! How is everyone doing? My name is Nasir Bartley. I am eighteen years old, five foot five inches tall, and African American. Music and sports are the best things that happened in my life...well more of music. Playing sports for a while eventually got me into a severe injury I have never thought I would experience in life, but music was always something that made me feel better. Music is one of the greatest ways to let out your emotion and to send a message out to others helping them get through stress or even having them relax. Never thought I would eventually start to make my own music until earlier this year. Oh yeah, and I’m vegan.