2019:Drive Base

Decisions and Specifications

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Dimensions: 34L x less than 28W

Wheels:

Belts:

Motors:

 

Activity Log

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Saturday Week 1

Jonathan Farnham

• Kickoff
• prelimanary ideas developed by drive base team
• areas of concern
  • ramp to H1: 3 inches
  • H2 height above bumpers
  • drive base will never scale H3

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Sunday Week 1

Jonathan Farnham

• developed four inch wheel prototype
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• used field to test four inch wheels on ramp

 

• used cad to study wheels needed for H2
  • tested 4,6,and 8 wheel configs

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Tuesday Week 1 

By Jonathan Farnham

• decisions being made about drive train configuration
• • wheel size decisions need to be made
  • choice of  motor needs to be made: Cim or Neo
  • number of wheels needs to be decided
• developed cad prototype base on variant of last years drive system

 

• waiting on decision from strategy about habitat 2 or habitat 3 requirement
  • does drive base have to scale H2?
  • If we scale H3 then can we use smaller wheels on drive base?
  • does drive base have to develop H2 solution?
• Length of robot has been decided to be 34in.

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Wedensday Week 1