2009:1.8.09 - Mechanical 1 Integration

Summary of last things completed:

1.Worked with Drive Train to conclude a wide drive base with offset wheels

2. Designed the robot based off robot design #4. It consists of a roller bringing balls into a 1x3 hopper (holds about 20 balls). There is a conveyor system in the front which bring the balls up to a top with a roller kicker to knock it out the front.

3. Created group difference. Mech 1 will start prototyping conveyor belts and rollers. Mech 2 will start looking at available space

4. Prototyped first system. This is the "chicken plucker" gathering or projectile device. This consisted of pneumatics tubing. For both projectile and sucking in, this device worked very very well.

5. Redesigned jam portions of our robot. Changes include:
                              * Roller or brush mechanism to sort balls into hopper or shoot out
                              * Tie the two conveyor belts together using a figure eight connection
                              * Make the conveyor and feeder systems independent
                              * Create a movable blocker ("trap door") to create only one flow of balls at a time.
6. Looked at conveyor costs and parts on McMaster Carr

Next things to do:

1. Prototype more gathering systems

2. Discussion about belts and conveyors and which ones to use

3. Finalize design and start putting more details in (i.e. materials, weight, motors, etc.)

Need from Subteams:

Mech 1 -  Available space and dimensions from Inventor mockup