Design Development
Tape Sensor Configurations: Different configurations of tape sensors that were thought about. We tried to find the minimum amount of sensors we would need to still find the tape.
Finding Tape: Our initial idea on how to orient ourselves at the start so that we would run into the tape. Additional information in Software Design. IR Beacons used for this. Additional information in Circuit Design.
Wheel & Motor Mount: Method we used to mount the motor to the chassis and also how we mounted the wheel to the motor.
Additional information in Mechanical Design.
Servo Arm: Servo arm that allows the robot to distribute tokens into different bins.
Additional information in Mechanical Design.
Bump Sensors: Bumpers using curved arms and leaf switches to indicate when the back of the robot has hit the superpac.
Additional information in Circuit Design.
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Design Strategy: We believed that the best strategy was to have an extending arm robot that would focus on the the 3 center bins. Additional information in Mechanical Design.
Tiers: System we used for our chassis to allow for better management and maintenance.
Additional information in Mechanical Design.
Bottom Tier Modifications: Modification to the bottom tier so that outer wheel supports could be implemented. This support feature was never used though because the wheel was already mounted very stably.
Hopper: Both older and newer hopper designs that we use to dispense tokens.
Additional information in Mechanical Design.
Tape Sensor Configuration: The configuration we ultimately decided on. The particular mounting helps us stay on tap.
Additional information in Mechanical Design. We also used a combination of resistors and capacitors to get appropriate values.
Additional information in Circuit Design.
Back Up Configuration: The backup configuration and strategy we used due to limited time. Would just run to beacons and drop. Additional information in Software Design
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