Deep Blue Robotics Update: Saturday, January 28th – Tuesday, January 31st Prototyping: Intake: The Intake team has been working hard to test their prototype. They measured to determine how far the robot should be from a wall in order to pick up balls from a hopper suspended on that wall. After testing, the team considered […]
Deep Blue Robotics Update: Friday, January 27 Prototyping: Intake: The intake team had its first detailed design review today, meaning they will soon have a full CAD design! A few minor problems were brought up that need to be fixed both in real life and in CAD. Go team!. Shooter: The shooter team refined their […]
Deep Blue Robotics Update: Thursday, January 26 Prototyping: Intake: The Intake system just passed through its preliminary design review! Progress can now be made toward making a full design for the system. The next challenge to overcome is to reinforce the prototype so it can be tested in more rigorous circumstances. Fabrication: Electronics: […]
Deep Blue Robotics Update: Wednesday, January 25 Prototyping: Intake: A busy day for the intake prototyping engineers, the team tested the full system and made measurements on the speed of rotation for their axle. Ethan and Ben spent the day making belts using rubber and a blowtorch. Fabrication: Electronics: The Electronics team continues […]
Deep Blue Robotics Update: Tuesday, January 24 Prototyping: Shooter: The shooter team made final adjustments on their mechanism and continued testing their new prototype. Soon, we’ll have a full design for the mechanism. Keep up the great work! Intake: With a new, custom 3D printed part, the intake system prototype is just about […]
Deep Blue Robotics Update: Saturday, January 21 – Monday, January 23 Prototyping: Shooter: In the last three days, the shooter prototype team ran tests on their mechanism, testing various hood angles, wheel speeds, etc. Intake: The intake team used a custom 3d-printed spiral-shaped piece to take fuel balls from the bumper area of […]
Deep Blue Robotics Update: Friday, January 20 Prototyping: Shooter: The shooter team added a guiding rail to their prototype so that it is no longer necessary for a person to hand-feed fuel balls; thus the balls can be fed more than one at a time and allow for rapid fire. In addition, the […]
Deep Blue Robotics Update: Thursday, January 19 Prototyping: Shooter: The shooter prototyping team tested out their new design today. The team set up the shooter in a big, largely empty hallway and began to fire away. This new design can shoot much higher than before, though numbers still need to be recorded. Gear: With […]
Deep Blue Robotics Update: Wednesday, January 18 Prototyping: Most of the team continued work on their prototypes today. As they wrapped up their work, many prototyping teams presented their work and findings to the team mentors. Shooter: The shooter team tested their new design for their prototype today. Their new prototype included three wheels to […]
Deep Blue Robotics Update: Tuesday, January 17 Prototyping The team spent today working on their mechanism prototypes. Soon, we will be working on our full robot mechanisms. Shooter: The shooter team continued work on their prototype today. To test the speed of the wheels, Sarah attached an encoder to the CIM and the team […]
