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526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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Final Design
Today, we were able to bring all of the parts of the design together into one completed robot design. We will be taking a short break from the build of the robot as school starts up again and will resume again during the first week of September.
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Superstructure Design
Today, we went through and designed the superstructure frame that would hold the robot together. We started by looking at our objectives for the superstructure: The superstructure needs to support the revolver and the valve block. The superstructure needs to support the SCUBA tanks. The…
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Electronics Board Layout
Today, we focused on the design of the electronics board, trying to get the board finalized. We spent some time physically laying out the electronics, trying to find the best configuration to optimize our wire paths. Also, we worked extensively on the design of the baseplate to which the…
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Valve Block Design
The design for the T-Shirt Cannon is coming along great. Today, one group of students started working on a preliminary version of the baseplate that will be used to mount the robot’s electronics. Another group of students continued to work on the robot’s superstructure, starting to design a block…
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Chassis & Revolver Design
The design for the drivebase is coming along great. The frame members are mostly modeled and we have started to create the baseplate to which the electronics will mount. Today, a separate team broke away from the drivetrain team and started to model the superstructure. We started with the…
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Design
Today, we continued to work on the conceptual design of the robot. Some ideas we had: It is necessary for the robot to be relatively narrow (<30″) so that it can fit through a standard doorway. We do not have any real restrictions on the length and height of the robot, but to keep it relatively…
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Research & Conceptual Design
Today, we started to wrap up the research phase of our project. Some stuff we have learned: We found a valve that seems to meet our needs and is in our price range. We plan to move forward with the purchase of this valve. The valve is manufactured by MAC Valves. Finding a regulator to […]
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Research Progress
Today, we discussed some of the results of our research and started to talk about general design. Some of the things we have learned through our research are as follows: To shoot multiple T-Shirts, the best solution seems to be having multiple barrels rather than trying to build a mechanism to…
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Design Objectives & Research Tasks
Today, we met to determine our design objectives for the robot. The robot should be mobile, able to drive around obstacles and aim. The robot should be able to shoot different distances. The robot should be able to make many shots without reloading. The robot should be able to hold multiple…
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Initial Project Concept and Goals
After deciding that our team wanted to undertake a summer project to build a promotional robot, we came up with a multitude of suggestions for what to build. After careful consideration, we decided that a high-powered T-Shirt launcher would be the best robot for promoting our team, Bellarmine and…
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SVR
We won. Woo! We brought home the entire super structure/arm as part of our withholding allowance. We will be working on the kicker and tying to make it more consistent. There were some issues at SVR where a “Middle” distance kick would just kind of putt the ball forward. You can see that happen in…
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More Autonomous Development
Here is the idea for SVR auto modes: 1) Far Zone – Shoot 3 Balls – Long Kicks 2) Far Zone – Shoot 3 Balls – Bounce kicks in middle zone (more accurate shots, but more chance of ball hitting partner) 3) Middle Zone – Shoot 2 Balls – Start touching tower and go in […]
2010 Teams 254/968 Collaborative Build Blog