STEAMworks Meeting - 12-Jan-2017
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CAD & Design
Refined gear holder, refined the chassis design.
Sullivan Stuehrmann, CAD Lead
CAM Lead: Patrick Highlights/Notes from Design Meeting 1/12
Design Size- 36x40x24" (Bumper must fit inside this space)
Intake- Looking to use Surgical Tubing tied around several sets of rollers to bring a ball (fuel) into the bot. The Intake will be placed on a long side of the bot. We're looking to have both the fuel intake and the gear intake be on the front of the bot. A spring-loaded system to quickly unload the gear.
Electronics- Arranged onto a panel and placed vertically over to one short side of the bot over top of a battery that rests in between two swerve modules or lie flat.
Climber- Two current concepts for a climber that need to be prototype. (Further specifics of each concept were not discussed)
Shooter- A turret design was mentioned, but will not have 360 degrees of freedom. The wheel in the shooter will be spinning constantly the whole match. Fuel may be launched at a high angle in order to get over possible defenders, but may see a decrease in rate of fire. Shooting team will work on adjusting flight path and spin of the ball. A delay was noticed on the wheel after shooting for it to pick up speed again. Programming team will work on a mobile Auto Aim
Power- The design is beginning to run into problems in terms of power distribution with the inclusion of a turreted shooter.
Hopper- From 3-day robot build videos, Passive loading systems jammed the shooter. A manual feed must be considered.
Prototying Dead Lines Shooter- 1/18 Intake- 1/16 Gear- 1/18 Climber- 1/19 Hopper- 1/21
-Meeting Concluded-
Mechanical
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Strategy
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