DEWBOT VI Week Four Build Season Photo Gallery
Contents
Sunday January 31, 2010
Today's to do list
welded frame mass
Mass of (blue) bumper set
Siri Maley cutting flange for kicker elastic anchor
Christine cutting the cRIO panel
Christine cutting a Jaguar panel
Mike Rizzo broaching a keyway
Impromptue design review
Impromptue design review
Moyer setting up shop
Pivots in assembly
Christine sanding the Jaguar panel
Jen assembling pivots
Mike Rizzo & Siri Maley riveting pivot plates
Foster planing battery box form
Siri fitting a CIM
Pivot with motor, ready for wiring
Pivots on chassis
Zain and Dinesh programing
Siri Maley, Clem McKown & Scott Featherman testing pivot chains
Scott Featherman, Siri Maley & Matt riveting pivot plates
Siri still riveting pivot plates
Siri securing mounts for kicker elastic
Siri cutting pivot plates for elastic mounts
Siri maley, Foster Schucker, and Scott Featherman discussing electronics and pneumatics placements
Mike Rizzo broaching a pivot sprocket keyway
Paul programming
Mike Rizzo still broaching keyways
Matt riveting more pivot plates
Mike Rizzo really broaching those keyways
Matt Safety Czar with safety glasses and a smile.
Douglas & Jen assembling pivots
Parts, parts, where are the parts?
Foster making the form for the battery box
Jen assembling more pivots (Gary Deaver background)
John Weissman and Mike Rizzo really, really broaching keyways
Christine cutting an electronics panel
DJ
Douglas & Jen assembling pivots
Douglas & Jen still hard at work
Andrew CADing
Clem McKown testing the fist pivot in situ
Siri Maley riveting the first bottom pivot plate
Matt (sort of) removing a rivet shaft from a rivet gun
John Weissman, Clem McKown, Siri Maley & Scott Featherman admiring the first pivot module
Clem McKown riveting a pivot plate
Christine cutting an electronics panel
Gary Deaver drilling a pivot
Matt riveting; Mike Rizzo, Clem McKown, Scott Featherman & Siri Maley considering mounting options
Monday February 1, 2010
Ben W cutting replacement Jaguar panel
Mark Morun making fine adjustments to pivot parts
Cole, Julie Bachmann & Matt
Cole, Julie Bachmann & Matt hard at work
Douglas & Ben W breaking chain for the pivots
Julie Bachmann & Ben W working on Jaguar panel
The left Jaguar panel clamped into place
Tuesday February 2, 2010
Punxsutawney Phil says that there will be six more weeks of winter, but the robot must ship in three weeks! (AP/Gene J. Puskar)
Mike Rizzo, Jon Davis & Ben R discuss sensors and their locations
Assembled Pivots
Dinesh, Carly & Jen assemble electrical panels
Jen, Carly & Dinesh wire panels
Douglas, Mark Morun & Cole cut square tube on the horizontal band saw
Mike Rizzo grinding to eliminate interference
Pivot test (pass)
Clem McKown & Mike Rizzo laying out work for the final frame welds
Programming Team at work in the Muppet Lab
Douglas & Cole at work on the horizontal band saw
Matt welding
Matt welding
Matt grinding new welds
Matt grinding new welds
Electronics ready for the robot
Wednesday February 3, 2010
Selina & Jack install a steering motor
Cole and Douglas clean up keys with Gary Deaver
Designers Andrew and Sasha with Dinesh (electrical)
Cole helping the wheels go on
Gary Deaver, Mike Rizzo and Matt assemble the robot
Pivot top
Matt & Mike Rizzo building the robot
Matt & Mike Rizzo building the robot
Pivot top
Robot assembly
Gary Deaver adjusts the magnetic encoder
DEWBOT VI on its feet for the first time
Mike Rizzo & Scott Featherman wiring
Pivot top
A quick controller
DEWBOT VI's first drive
Preparing to climb over the bump (you're going to need a bigger boat!) - we made 4 crossings - 2 forwards & 2 backwards - all safely - & onto concrete landings
Jack and Paul programming.
Media Group hard at work.
Dewbot VI basic wiring.
Ben programming.
Matt and Mike Rizzo working on chassis.
Mike Rizzo installing one of eight chains.
The push to get the robot moving.
Ronit working on chassis.
Pivot wheel installed.
Boy, these chains are tough.
Almost connected. Note the magnet mount on the steering drive sprocket for the angle sensor.
Mike Rizzo installing the last chain
Ronit and Ben strategic planning.
more planning.
Ben and Faith McKown
Clem McKown, Jon Davis, Gary Deaver and Matt discussing chassis build.
Come on you can do it!
Dewbot VI clears the top of the bump.
Dewbot VI Made It!
Thursday February 4, 2010
Our maximum bumper gap - is this okay?
Pivot assembly glamour shots 1/5
Pivot assembly glamour shots 2/5
Pivot assembly glamour shots 3/5
Pivot assembly glamour shots 4/5
Pivot assembly glamour shots 5/5
Kenneth on the line!
Kenneth
Cole with spare drive wheel.
Is it smooth enough yet?
Teamwork!
Cutting Proxy framework.
Kenneth working on programming 4 wheel pivot drive.
and programming...
and programming...
and programming...boy this is tough!
Foster Schucker and Kenneth
Checking measurements for proxy.
Kenneth programing while Clem McKown,Gary Deaver and Cole check out spare pivot wheel.
Clem McKown and Gary Deaver discussing Dewbot VI.
Cole cutting proxy chassis framework.
Cole inspecting the results.
Group admiring Dewbot VI progress.
Dewbot VI with bumpers waiting for programing.
Dewbot VI with Control panel.
Friday February 5, 2010
Foster Schucker proudly wearing his 1511 reds
Matt, Faith Mckown & Gary Deaver cut aluminum for the proxy chassis
Proxy Chassis
Carly & Nicole
Programming team - Foster Schucker with Ben R & Kenneth
Saturday February 6, 2010
No pictures today, Downingtown got 16" of snow! The robot shop was closed, we will start Week 5 on Sunday.
