2020:Power Cell Intake

Team Leads:  Matt D. & Kyle B.

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Prototyping 1/5/2020-1/11/2020

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Overview:  Based on initial team brainstorming and sketching, as well as theinformation from Strategy Subteam, we determined to prototype:

• An over-the-bumper intake:
• A thru-the-bumper intake

This decision is critical as it affects Drive Base!

• Test using various componenets touching the balls:
  • Test brushes
  • Test wheels
  • Test "hot dog roll" - a material wrapped around a rod that grips the game piece well and will snag it.
  • Test mecanum wheels to direct the balls into the robot in a manner that can be counted or indexed.
  • Combinations

Observations:  We observed the following over the course of prototyping:

• It is not difficult to get the balls to go over the bumper. 

Decisions:

• Intake will pivot out of the front of the robot
• Intake will be full width (relatively) of the robot

Need to do:

• DECIDE OVER-THE-BUMPER OR THRU-THE-BUMPER!
  • If THRU, determine the size of opening needed in the Drive Base.
• Determine how the intake will interface with the Storage
• Test the interface
• Test mecanum wheels (on order)
• Test plastic mecanum wheels (being assembled)
• Summarize number (and type if possible) of motor(s) eeded for a full robot check.
• Start to figure out what kind of sensors are needed to controll the Intake and make sure we do not take in more than 5 balls.
• Do scaled, dimensioned,  CAD sketches to confirm we wil be within our 12" frame extension limit

 

Design

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