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Welcome to Team Top Dogs
Welcome to Team Top Dogs
Our team consists of members who collectively work to develop a robot capable of preforming several tasks. With diverse backgrounds, knowledge, and points of view, we work together to not only construct awesome robots, but also provide a place in our community for high school students to have hands-on experience with STEM concepts.
In order to make the most of our stuff, we decided to 3D design our robot on the program SolidWorks. This allowed us to print crucial components, such as a phone holder, an on/off button, battery holder, sensor holder, and a variety of other components. And most importantly: the cube grabber.
The most important part of our robot is the two arms that grab the cubes. We 3D printed this arm in order to allow us to customize its exact shape , to make it easier to lift the cubes precisely. On a good day, (with a good configurations of the blocks) we can lift two blocks at a time to score them in the cryptoboxes.
This is a picture of the design of our robot. Our robot has gone through many changes in terms of design. The first idea that we came up with was using a slanted design. However, we quickly realized that it was too hard to build, and the wheels would not fit on the chassis. Another design that we came up with was using a pulley system for our robot to pick up the glyphs, but it was not reliable and the nylon string kept on ripping, which resulted in failure.
This is a picture of our team members using trial and error to test out the robot and to find problems in the structure and the design. After many trial runs we modify the program and the robot design so it runs smoothly and we encounter less difficulty in the competition. We all took our turns driving the robot to familiarize ourselves with the layout of the field and the process of guiding the robot and
Our robot is a product of team work and everyone working in harmony. This picture demonstrates our team members coming together to give ideas on designs of customizable attachments to 3D print.
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