DEWBOT VIII Week Two Build Season Photo Gallery
Contents
Sunday January 15, 2012
DEWBOT VII balanced
Molly & Sasha test 1st beater bar prototype
Inbounder station
Programming team
Gary Deaver & Ian
DEWBOT V conversion to 8" diam 4WD
Lift mechanism doodles
Monday January 16, 2012
Siri Maley & Clem McKown designing
Assembling the lift prototype
DEWBOT VII on the bridge
Test chasses
Kira, Molly, Patrick C & Sasha assemble the lift prototype
Testing the lift prototype
Three balls in play
Ben Kellom & Siri Maley discuss the Geneva Wheel ball feed
Cutting Aluminum for the pivots
Ian cutting the Al
Design review
Chassis design coming together
Tuesday January 17, 2012
Kira on bandsaw
Molly on lathe
Jake & Douglas cut aluminum on the horizontal bandsaw
Jake
Getting ready to test the pinch pick-up roller
Gary Deaver & Douglas make a few small adjustments
Pinch roller ball pick-up test
Wednesday January 18, 2012
Ball lift sequence - 1/3
2/3
3/3
Geneva Wheel
Bridge Team...
...figuring out how to drive the bridge arm
Assembling the lift top prototype
Programming Team
Lift top prototype
Thursday January 19, 2012
John Stumpo & camera ringlight
Ben Kellom, Molly & Sasha
DJ & John Stumpo
Andrew & Sasha (a Panda is eating Sasha's head!)
Ian & Douglas
Sasha & Ben Kellom...
...using the arbor press
Sasha, Molly & Andrew
Shooter Motor & 1-stage 4:1 gearbox
Saturday January 21, 2012
Pivot plates on the mill
Molly
Kira
Pivot brace layout
Pivot brace milling sequence
The real deal - Pivot braces
Mike Rizzo & Siri Maley
Patrick D & Julie Christopher
Yash & Patrick drilling out shooter wheel hub holes
Yahya & Yash
Pulley on lift prototype
Douglas, Matt Klufas & Yahya shooting
Stooting tests...
...draw a crowd
Patrick C marks fall of shot
Gary Deaver & Douglas shooting
Mike M & DJ
Molly & Ben...
...assembling the lift prototype
Shooter system (voltage control but no feedback)
Gary Deaver & Rich Kulik
Yahya
Molly & Siri Maley - lift test
Long exposure showing (very faintly) the ball trajectory leaving the shooter
