Table Pneumatics

It seems as though the pneumatic muscles that are necessary to make the table move can either be purchased or made. Shadow Robot Company produces pneumatic muscles: http://www.shadowrobot.com/shop.shtml. These websites gives some instructions on how these muscles can be made: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-air-muscles!/ and http://www.instructables.com/id/Pneumatic-Muscles/. The first site gives links to where the materials can be purchased.

The pneumatic muscles will be controlled with a compressed air supplier that is connected to a three way solenoid valve/pressure regulator. A good overview of how the system should be developed is given at: http://www.shadowrobot.com/airmuscles/usage.shtml.

Arduino can be utilized to send a signal to the valves to dictate when and how much air will be pumped into the muscle; the third site listed above shows how this can be done. Nivedhitha has been working on sending the signals received from the table proximity sensors to the pressure regulator.