11-29-22
Katie Block 3- 11-29-22
Mr. Newman told me the robot is still too heavy. He is helping me redo the lift. So far, I have completely taken off the lift (picture 1). Now I am brainstorming ideas for a lighter lift.
Ok, I came up with a possible idea. The only issue would be that the claw is so heavy. Basically, it is a similar idea to the first one as far as the motor and all of that goes, but the piece we used as the arm is now the base type thing. Now we would use one side of the original base as an arm. On the arm, using a servo (this might also cause it to be too heavy) we would attach a smaller extension of the arm that the claw would go on. (pictures 2, 3, and 4 all show this.
Ok, that was too tall so I am redoing it.
Picture 1
This is the robot with one side taken off, as well as the lift.
Picture 2- THis is it all the way "closed"
Picture 3- This is it extended.
Picture 4- This is it extended and down
Side note: This is just to show placement there are screws that wouldn't actually be there.
lauren
today, i started programming the robot, and wanted to program the lift to where it rises only at certain points and not fluidly. after spending about half of the class programming, we realized that the claw was too heavy. We added weight to the front, but the motor still isnt able to lift the claw and lift. we realized that the robot, even with out the claw could not handle the lift at all. We have to find a way to make the arm lighter.