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Our research this year focuses on the mechanisms of transportation and how barriers can be eliminated. Now barriers exist everywhere, they are basically a part of daily life, but how can we eliminate these barriers to ease life for everyone? This is the main problem that we are trying to solve, and we do so through 3 key ideas.
Chassis
Chassis
This is one of the three key ideas, which we focus on. The chassis allows us to have a foundation, and this foundation is what helps us start our design. There were many ways we could make our chassis. We could make it big so that we could have space to attach all of our attachments The chassis can come in many different sizes and wheels. These wheels could be mechanium or GTO or even Omni-wheels. Through research, it was discovered that each wheel had its distinct advantages and disadvantages (table provided in our PBL section).
Attachment
Attachment
The second of the three key ideas, which we focus on, is the attachment portion. Based on the challenge this year we wanted to have a linear lift that will have a horizontal lift that will be able to effortlessly grab freight and drop it off without a moment’s time wasted. Our research comes in three major parts:
The linear lift was necessary as this year’s challenges wanted to us extend ourselves off the ground and transport cones into the skies. We used one linear lift for maxim efficiency and weight distribution.
The last main component was the grabber or the servo attachment. This allowed us to grab cones and stack them up.
The reason for the attachment was to carry the cones up and drop at the designated poles.
Renovation
Renovation
The last of the three key ideas, which we focus on, is the renovation and improvement portion. We research different methods of utilization before finalizing our finished product
Once the robot was fully tested we found many flaws:
The lift was not coordinated with would be different bursts of speed at different times
The wire would get tangled with the wheels.
Wires were tangled up leading to confusion while
These were problems that needed to be solved with the creation of version two. The fact of the matter was that this robot was not sustainable and could still be optimized.
This idea(Version two) came in three parts:
one is that we would use a wire sleeve to guide and protect the servo wire.
The Intake System was scarped as well as the rotating base because the practicality wasn't there.
For the intake it would not let us close the distance between the lift and the pole, putting us at a tilting point instead of directly over. This limited the efficiency and the transfer of energy
The rotating base just wasn't possible due to the size constraints that we faced the fact that it was not worth it as the parts would've taken a long time to come in. Furthermore, the base would not have given us an advantage as a goRail obstructed the view of the robot.
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