Designing a Robotic Arm for Moving and Sorting Scraps at Pacific Can, Beijing, China

In modern industry, innovation by automating processes provides companies with competitive advantages in speed, efficiency, and production value. This Major Qualifying Project studied the potential of a robotic, palletizing arm to help Pacific Can Company Ltd. replace their manpower-driven operation of moving and stacking unpainted and painted blocks of scrap metal. Focus areas of the project included work area design, block distinction, alarm systemization, as well as robotic arm and end of arm tool selection

Stock Market Simulation

The team has completed a four-week simulation in the U.S. stock market to accomplish WPI Interactive Qualifying Project. During this simulation, the team was able to obtain skills that would help them in understanding the fundamental elements of stock market in general, and the U.S. stock market specifically. Each member of the team was assigned to a specified trading strategy in which he was able to gather the major components that were needed to invest in the stock market. Investing in stock markets is very important to obtain a good amount of income and increases a person’s wealth. The strategy that generated the highest return in the four weeks of simulation was candlestick trading strategy