Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff, Wheel of Fortune The wheel of fortune mechanism was finished for our practice bot. This mechanism was designed to be actuated by a cylinder so the robot could remain able to go underneath the trench. Another similar copy will be fabricated for the comp bot…
Day 56: Comp Bot Assembly 10 – RSTLNE (2/28/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra Wheel of Fortune Today, breakthrough progress was made on the wheel of fortune spinner. We briefly attached it to the robot in its desired location, and confirmed that it will be able to spin the wheel of fortune. Afterwards, we took it off of the robot and…
Day 55: Comp Bot Assembly 9 – Journey to Belt-land (2/27/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra This is a picture of the robot. A lot of electronics and bumper-related tasks still need to be done, but most of the mechanical stuff is almost completely assembled/installed. Things that are done All belts are installed Intake, Hopper, Shooter are ready for electronics Things…
Day 54: Comp Bot Assembly 8 – The Big Belt Package (2/26/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra Belts Today, we finally got our shipment from SDP/SI. If we had not contacted them about our belt shipment, it would have arrived in April, which is a ways away. Anyways, now that we have our belts, we installed as many as we could onto the comp…
Day 55: Comp Bot Assembly 7 – Blocked by the Caucus (02/25/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Today was a short day because there was a caucus for local Eden Prairie officials, and we are not allowed to have robotics from 6 to 8 on election days. As a result, robotics was only from 3 to 5:30. Nevertheless, we were able to…
Day 52 – Comp Bot Assembly 6: Bumpers (5/24/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Bumpers Today, the comp bot bumpers were covered with fabric. They are almost complete. The remaining tasks are to Cut and apply numbers (in progress) Make and install bottom brackets (in progress) Make and install top brackets (not yet started) Also, for the first time,…
Day 51 – Spark Says: Your KF is negative eight billion (2/23/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Roller Omnis Throughout our testing, we found that the third intake roller bar did not consistently get balls into the hopper. Often times, balls would get stuck between the airpods and the roller. To fix this, we experimented with replacing the third roller bar (1.7”…
Day 50 – Comp Bot Assembly 5: Loctite (02/22/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra Practice Bot Drivetrain During some robot testing today out in the commons, the practice bot drivetrain became busted. One of the bolts on the pneumatic wheels came loose and got caught in the chain. This broke the chain masterlink and bent a plate that was a part…
Day 49 Comp Bot Assembly 4: The Lathe is Bad (2/21/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Comp Bot Spacers Today, we decided that waiting for two mentors to be in the room at the same time would delay our schedule too much. So, we decided to close the room for a little bit so that a crew could go up to…
Day 48 – Comp Bot Assembly 3: Return of the Waterjet (2/20/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra Waterjet Run + Hopper Assembly Today, we got comp bot parts back from the waterjet. These include the climber hook, the climber winch plate, and the two hopper plates Above: A short clip of the bottom hopper plate getting waterjet. You can see water bubbling out of…