2009:Robot Design Details

Drivetrain

• 4-wheel drive
• XXX Transmissions
• 4 2.5" CIM motors
• Victor 884 [Drive] Speed Controllers
• Fixed wheels (slip-style steering)

Lower Ball Collector

• Spinning "chicken pluckers" (?!?)
• Spins one way to take in/keep in ball, other way to eject them
• XXX motor
• XXX speed controller (or relay??)

Ball Hopper

• Open top entry for human player introduction
• Entry from conveyor at top of robot; entry controlled by upper ejector
• Exit is a "trap door" at the bottom of the hopper down to the area behind the lower ball collector and at the base of the conveyor system.
• Trap door powered by XXX motor
• XXX sensors to tell when door is in open/closed position

Ball Conveyor

• Two conveyors opposite each other, working together to move balls from ball intake and/or below the ball hopper up to the upper ball ejector/hopper entry point.
• Powered by two independent motors (XXX motors)
• XXX sensor to detect ball "ready to shoot" at the top of the conveyor.
• XXX speed controller

Upper Ball Ejector

• Spinning ejector directs, based on direction, balls out of robot or in to hopper entry point.
• XXX motor powered
• XXX speed controller