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The FRHS BattleBot Project
The FRHS BattleBot Project
Introduction
Introduction
Team mates:
Bryan Wright
Josh Rouault
Jack Canonico
Goal: construct a middleweight Battle Bot, less than 120 pounds
Mentor: Mark Salada
Experience in large engineering teams, has worked on satellites and haptics
Helped us organize all of our ideas and brainstorm new ways to approach the problem
Budget: $500 from PDC Energy, matched by STEM Academy for a total of $1000
Research
Research
Design
Design
Our design process began with meeting with our Mentor. Because of his experiences in large teams, his thoughts on our design and process were incredibly helpful. He foresaw a lot of the problems that we did not expect.
First meeting
Second meeting
After our meetings with Mark we made a CAD model for our robot. This needed to be almost exactly what we wanted as our final product because we would then export the part files straight to the plasma cutter as DXF's.
The initial render for our design.
battlebotAccel.mp4Animation of the blade with the inclusion of two balancing rods to ensure the robot stays upright.
Based on a topology study, I redesigned the blade to reduce the overall weight but maintain much of the rotational inertia.
Fabrication
Fabrication
How many engineers does it take to solder a new battery connector? The answer is four.
That's a lot of power!
Motors, ESCs, and batteries all attached.
Prototyping our spacer between the motor and gearbox in wood.
IMG_3910.mp4I learned how to use the plasma cutter on the Plastic Recycling project, glad I could apply it here too.
Base plate cut completed
After cutting out the rest of the parts we could finally see it all coming together.
recorded-5774311049372.mp4Our first and only test drive, before installing the rest of the armor.
This is where the project ended. I wish we could have finished the project, but it was unrealistic given the difficulty with meeting in person. I feel like I still managed to learn a lot about the design process and what it takes to work on a long term project like this.
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