We've been trying to get our robot together so we can compete in a scrimmage next Saturday, but we still have a ways to go. Last night, we had several projects going on, but the really essential ones didn't get done. We really needed our crate-grabbing arm mounted, but it didn't get done (we've been trying to get it done for about a week) and we hope to finish that task Monday. We don't want to go to the scrimmage with a robot that just picks up racquetballs and spits them out the other end!
PHI Alpha added the tread gears to our front-facing conveyor belt, making it functional, and they also mounted it to their robot. It worked really well. Since there's a rule that we can only be able to hold 15 racquetballs at a time, this conveyor is great because it's so small. It picks balls up quickly, too, so once we get the tread gears we ordered, PHI Omega may add it to our robot, too! (See previous post for a picture of the front-facing conveyor.)
We also worked on the scissor lift quite a bit, and at the end of the meeting, it was able to raise two crates- one sitting on top of a platform and one attached by little hooks. (See previous post for pictures.) The scissor lift isn't mounted, though, and I hear it still needs some work. A teleop program so we can drive the robot is also on our list of things we really need for the scrimmage. Of course, we'd love to have some autonomous programs, too, but that's a little ambitious....
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