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Showing posts with label robot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label robot. Show all posts
June 9, 2009
Video Request
Okay...so a while back a person commented on our blog from China. We corresponded with them via email and they were interested in how our robot worked more. So for those of you who wanted to see our robot more in-depth, we created a video for you!
February 20, 2009
The Ohio State Tournament in Dayton, Ohio
In February, our team attended the Ohio State Championship for FLL in Dayton, Ohio. The tournament was held at the Ervin J. Nutter center at Wright State University and was sponsored by Wright Patt Air Force Base. We had a lot of fun and did okay. Our presentations went very well, but our robot didn't do what we wanted it to. We made a lot of changes to it in between regional and state, and we just couldn't complete them all in the time we had. Although we didn't win anything, we had a blast and had a lot of fun showing others our cool robot.
Here is a picture of the opening ceremonies. 
This is our team preparing for one of our presentations the first day.
These are various pictures from our robot's table times.
A close up of the Lavenator Mach 5, the robot we used.
Two of our three attachments.
Overall, we had a lot of fun over the weekend and really enjoyed showing our robot to others and seeing what others have done.
January 8, 2009
Tournament Day!!!
Our regional tournament was on December 6th and was a lot of fun. Our team did extremely well placing first overall and first in robot performance. We won the 1st place champions award and the 1st place robot performance award. We also got the title/award of ambassador for the Cleveland area. Because we won first place, we will advance to Dayton, Ohio for the state tournament.
After the tournament we had a team meeting and have decided to keep the robot we have but modify it. We would like to make it smaller and more reliable. Making it smaller and more reliable might allow us to score higher at the state tournament (we think).
November 29, 2008
Robot Update
We have been doing well the past few weeks except for the fact that our robot is not fast enough. This is due to the fact that is a direct drive to small wheels. We cannot, as of now, complete all the missions in the 2:30 min. with this speed. Thus, we have done some remodeling. Below are our attempts and our current robot that has a 1:3 ratio with the wheels, making this robot three times faster.
Our first attempt skipped terriably, and was thus abbanded:
We tried to hold the chain in with other gears:
We then tried other ideas and came up with the robot we have now. This robot uses all three motors to drive. Two motors are used to drive the robot foward and backwards; one for each half. This has the added benifit that the robot can now curve in two directions.
October 21, 2008
Robot Prototypes Finished
Here are two videos of our finished robots. These are just the first fully functional prototypes of that we have.
Both look very promising!
October 7, 2008
Synchro Drive
Our team had one other idea for a robot platform. The idea was a synchro drive. This type of robot allows the top of the robot to face the same position at all times, but it can still drive in all directions. Below is our start at a synchro drive robot platform.
This is a link to a youtube movie that is not by us that also tells how a synchro drive works.
Six Wheel Robot Design
Last meeting we brainstormed ideas for different robot platforms. One idea that a team member had was a six wheel robot. Six wheels would provide more stability and would allow it to conquer rough terrain. The below video was taken of a six wheel robot prototype. It is a very basic design and is in development.
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