Mousetrap Car

Intro to Mechanical Engineering, Spring 2017

In this project, I worked with a 3 person team in an Introduction to Mechanical Engineering class to design and manufacture a mousetrap powered car. The objective was to navigate a series of obstacles in the minimum amount of time.

Isometric view of final design.

Isometric view of final design.

Side view.

Side view.

Testing Rig

Schematic of “rumble strip”

The obstacle course was an 8 foot long “rumble strip” with raised boards of various heights.