Team 1640 2009 Summer Program

In order that we continue to develop knowledge and skills, Team 1640 is again engaging in a Summer program in 2009. We will meet Tuesday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Downingtown Educational Center starting 23-June through 18-August. We will be meeting in the shop area.

The FRC team will be working on our summer projects to develop new knowledge through prototyping and testing.

23 June Meeting

The team's missions for this summer were agreed upon:

1. Prototype and test a 4-wheel pivot drive chassis.
   1. Prototype should allow multi-mode drive:
      1. Tank - Tank wheels on each side are parallel
      2. Crab - Crab wheels pairs (front and rear) turn the same direction
      3. Snake - Snake wheel pairs (front and rear) turn in opposite directions
   2. Target a ½-scale prototype using Vex parts and follow-through with a hypothetical Autodesk Inventor chassis design in FRC-scale. (12*18" actual size)
2. Engage in a literature and paper study of arm, gripper and lift systems

In addition:

• Paul K has a Vision control mission.
• Alex H has agreed to learn Inventor.

7 July Meeting

Pivot Prototype - Basic Chassis (so far)

We started building our prototype (for real) at this meeting.

Here are the drawings for fabrication & assembly (pdf format):

Prototype Full Assembly dwgs

Detail of Pivot Wheel Unit assembly

Reverse assembly dwgs for Pivot Wheel Unit

At this meeting we:

• Collected the parts we will need
• Identified parts (just a few) which need to be ordered
• Cut all of the metal parts which need cutting
• Started assembling the Pivot Wheel Units

Summer Program Gallery

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  Carly & Paul work on vision project

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  Matt builds the prototype's pivot units

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Catch up on other team information at FRC Team 1640