DEWBOT VII Week Three Build Season Photo Gallery
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Sunday January 23, 2011
Ian milling polycarbonate Minibot wheel
Minibot crew: Douglas, Julie Kulick, Andrew, Nichole & Sasha
Juan Posada with custom polycarbonate Minibot wheel
Yahya milling Minibot wheel
Douglas & Juan Posada
Molly picks up a white circle...
...and hangs it in the right spot
Molly hangs a square; Corey controls the pneumatics; Rick Kulik is the drive-train
Ben R hands Molly a blue square...
...the drive-train works really hard to get back to score
Matt boring Al pulleys on the lathe
Nichole attached a hub to a pc wheel
Polycarbonate wheel for the Minibot
Replacing bolts on the Minibot
Ben & Mike Rizzo cut chassis frame
Sasha & Juan Posada
Chassis frame pieces
1st Minibot test
Monday January 24, 2011
Gary Deaver, Clem McKown & Rich Kulik - Three wise men leaning on their (FRP pultrusion) staffs
Alex using mill to cut lightening holes into frame longitudinals
Frame holes in longitudinal pieces
Matt running lathe - are we still boring pulleys?
Clem McKown printing chassis frame pieces
Garrison, Kira, Faith McKown, Matt & Ian cutting bonus tower base
Pivot Module top & bottom plates (they're done!)
Gary Deaver on lathe - just a few more pulleys!
Driven steering pulleys - bored for 1" ID
Andrew assembling right-hand pivot module in CAD
Andrew
Tuesday January 25, 2011
Ben B chamfering weight reduction holes on mill
Garrison, Douglas & Molly working on the minibot
Ben B & Ben Kellom at the mill
Clem McKown designing robot in CAD
Minibot
Ben R programming
Wheel sprockets in mill
CIM with bored & broached drive pulley
Wheel sprockets after the mill
Frame parts - just waiting for the welder
Chamfered weight reduction holes - what's gotten into 1640?
Pivot top (shiney!)
Minibot on the pole...
...going up!
Minibot passing Douglas
Wednesday January 26, 2011
Snow storm! Two days lost!
Friday January 28, 2011
Carly marking frame pieces for miter cuts
Selina
Test pivot top in oven
Selina cutting
test pivot tube/top assembly
Garrison building wheels
Wheel
Test pivot tube/top assembly marked for torture test
bottom markings
Corey takes a turn torture testing the pivot tube/top assembly
tortured assembly
tortured assembly - the joint remains unchanged!
Box of pivot sides
Molly at mill...
...milling keyways into driven steering pulleys
Jon Davis & Selina work on the minibot
Matt marking frame pieces
Douglas making miter cuts
Siri designing arm/gripper
Wheels
Taking a hot Pivot op from the oven
Inserting the Pivot Tube
driving the Pivot Tube home
Finished assembly
Saturday January 29, 2011
Pivot tops in oven awaiting thermal assembly
Molly milling the welding template
Pivot transfer axle
Juan Posada and minibot
Matt & Molley with Ben Kellom
Assembled pivot tops
Selina checking dremeled cutouts in pivot module plate for BainBots P60 pins
Pivot sides coming tgether
more than 1 now
A quick lesson on planetary gears
Scott Featherman working to resurrect the CNC lathe
Selina lubricating & reassembling a BainBot P60 gearbox
Gearboxes ready for mounting
Garrison, Kira & Ben B assembling transfer axles
Ben Kellom
Pivot module bottom plates with steering motors
Siri Malay completing the arm design
lathe
