Appendage Team

[ Chassis | Drivetrain | Appendage | Field/Pit | Spirit/Scouting/Web | Wiring/Programming ]

Links to other robots we like:

• Team 847 - ball hopper with pickup mechanism
• Team 847 - long arm to pick up item [1, 2] uses motor w/ a cable to raise arm instead of pneumatics.
• Team 1902 (explodingbacon) long gripper appendage
• Team 47 - 2008 grappler
• Team 47 - 2006 hopper, conveyor and shooter
• Team 2177 - A telescoping lift.

Ways to mount a motor to move an arm:

• Rotating a joint
• vertical motion
• scissor lift
  • arm using 80/20 hardware and rollers.
  • telescoping example (check out the overkill on the robot dolly)
• horizontal motion
• rotating a turntable
  • example mount using gear motor

Ways to use pneumatics:

• grappling hand

Ways to launch a ball:

Conveyor

urethane tubing

Possible materials:

• wood
• aluminum
• 80/20 aluminum
• ideas
• lexan
• pvc
  • A grappler made with PVC supports.