Zoe 1st block

today i helped lauren attach an arm on our robot and we are now playing around with claw ideas, so it wont be too heavy this time.

Lauren

Today in class, I realize that the claw was too heavy for the motor. Last class period, Katie was able to take the arm off of the robot which was super helpful, and I was able to start bulding. I used REV parts because they are lighter. 

• I used rev and gobuilda parts to attatch a REV channel onto the large gear that connects the arm to the rest of the robot. 

• Then I went on an added an extra bolt to secure it because the REV parts were bouncing with the robot when it moved. 

• The robot did a much better job at lifting the arm, but when I added our origional claw, it was still too heavy. 

• In order to make the claw lighter, I took off the servo that allowed it to flip upsidedown, and instead just attatched it directly to the lift using REV parts. 

• From the new angle that the claw was sitting, it had difficulties picking up the cups, so I added syrofoam to the claws and secured them with rubber bands in order to have a stronger grip. 

• This is the final design, we just have to figure out a way to angle the claw so we can get the cup on the highest pole.