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***Hooks should probably be reversed & lowered; back up to engage | ***Hooks should probably be reversed & lowered; back up to engage | ||
***Latex tubing "springs" can assist lift once shafts are secured | ***Latex tubing "springs" can assist lift once shafts are secured | ||
+ | ***Current hooks higher than they need to be | ||
+ | ***Alignment seems reasonably straightforward | ||
+ | *Block collector | ||
+ | **Ability of arm to travel past straight up and to score on opposite side would speed scoring as the robot would not need to turn around | ||
+ | ***Requires "losing" the 4-bar arm | ||
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Revision as of 17:45, 17 November 2013
Contents
What worked
- We did
- Getting on the ramp in autonomous
- Flag raising (w/ original broken & repaired flag raiser) - new flag raiser is too flexible
What didn't
- Hanger - pinned the 5/8" tubing, but the set screws did not hold the steel shaft
- Block collection & scoring - we were a very low-yield block scorer
Thoughts & observations
- Hanger
- Explore alternative approaches
- Center arm on top tube with independent rotation and spring-loaded lift?
- If we keep this approach:
- Need to key the steel drive shaft - and if possible increase the shaft diameter - Maybe hardened steel shaft
- Hooks should probably be reversed & lowered; back up to engage
- Latex tubing "springs" can assist lift once shafts are secured
- Current hooks higher than they need to be
- Alignment seems reasonably straightforward
- Block collector
- Ability of arm to travel past straight up and to score on opposite side would speed scoring as the robot would not need to turn around
- Requires "losing" the 4-bar arm
- Ability of arm to travel past straight up and to score on opposite side would speed scoring as the robot would not need to turn around