Day 9: 1st Boot Camp Build Day
Sorry for the delayed post, we had a long weekend. Yesterday we opened our lab to 6 other local teams so they could collaborate with us as we all worked…
Sorry for the delayed post, we had a long weekend. Yesterday we opened our lab to 6 other local teams so they could collaborate with us as we all worked…
Today we worked more on our prototypes. Tote Puller Here is the working version of our tote puller. This mechanism will be used to retrieve the totes from their starting…
We made progress on some of our prototypes today. 4-Bar Lift We added a tilt to the lift to aid in the lifting and releasing of the totes. Hopefully, this…
4-Bar Arm Prototype This is our current arm prototype. It can stack totes and put an RC (Recycling Container) on top of 4 scored totes. Problems we are still trying…
We did more work on the 4-bar prototype today and got it lifting totes and containers. We will release videos in tomorrow's post. We had to make slight modifications to…
We worked out a few more iterations and developments today but made no major changes. We started looking at quick ways to drag totes from the landfill. We could use…
Most of today was spent working on the 4-bar prototype. This design was inspired heavily by FRC#148 The Robowrangler's 2011 robot Raptor. We didn't get it powered on today, but…
We did a lot more work on day 2. Our passive manipulator designs progressed further, and we modified our 2013 robot to use its lift as way to test basic…
The 2015 kickoff has come and gone. Recycle Rush This is a drastic change in FRC's recent history. Alliances won't be interacting with each other very much in this game;…
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