Day 10: Prototyping, Manufacturing & Design Progress

Prototyping

Today, a prototyping group met to finish the roller prototype that was almost complete yesterday.  Round belt pulleys were fabricated and round belts were added so that one motor could be used to power both wheels simultaneously.  The prototype was made mobile and we tested picking up tubes off of the floor and spitting them onto pegs.  It works very well but has issues picking up the corners of the triangles.

Manufacturing

Today, the wheels were finished.  The first operations were performed on the chassis siderails which should be completed tomorrow.

Completed Wheels

Design

The design is coming along great.  The baseplate is almost complete and the spool gearbox is nearing completion as well.  We are on track to be finishing the robot design within a week.

Spool Gearbox