Launching:Today we experimented a bit with launching cubes and made some progress. There is still a lot of work to be done, and we are still changing all the spacing…
Cone Intake TestingWe are pretty happy with the test version of the cone intake. It’s able to pick up tipped-over cones that have their tip ahead of the flange and…
Our Alpha elevator uses a timing belt and idler pulleys as its motion system. It’s designed around the 0.5” hole spacing on the REV Maxtube and uses the REV Max…
Every Tuesday we hold our design recapsElevator Test Video Source: Spectrum
Today we focused on mounting the Elevator onto the Alpha Chasis. A couple of unique things about it are the way we mount the crossbar and A-frame. Here is the…
Elevator go brrr (doesn’t go brrr yet).Today we made a lot of progress on manufacturing alpha. We made an elevator using 2x1 REV MAXTube and the Thrifty Bot bearing blocks.…
Switching to 4-bar from SliderWe are switching system 3 from a linear slider to a 4-bar linkage. This allows us to use our full elevator extension for raising the intake…
It’ll be a short one today!## Idea RefinementToday we refined our current design, including working out most of the 2d geometry before moving on to 3d geometry. We will be…
We have decided to follow the 1678 model of building an alpha robot. We quickly realized while testing intake prototypes that we will likely need to bolt them onto an…
Updated Favorite Sketch:Today’s update allows us to lower the cone pinch intake to the floor. Our starting configuration would have the elevator raised slightly to allow us to fully retract the…