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On the programming side of things we switched the arm over to a profiled PID controllers. The has made the arm move significantly smoother. We still have to spend more time increasing the speed and tuning PID values. The base joint movement is the slow part of the process right now and eventually we can…
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The buddy carry is slowly getting assembled. We’ve been finding a small thing wrong, releasing a fix and finding the next thing to fix. The 40 upgraded metal cam plates all got cut tonight and just need to be de burred. During assembly we found out the 3D printed mount for the gas shock wasn’t…
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With the majority of the parts manufactured the team started assembling the arm on the competition robot. The few missing parts were quickly turned out and the arm was completely assembled. We didn’t run into any problems during assembly which is great. After assembly the first thing we did was head over to the scale,…
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Our manufacturing sub team has been blazing through the parts to make. They ended the day with 7 unique parts left to make. Two router parts, one mill part, and four lathe parts. Of the lathe parts two of them were missed on the initial release and just got Trello cards created at the end…
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Short update today, parts are continuing to be made. Three lathe parts and two router parts were finished yesterday. This leaves 6 router parts, 8 lathe parts and 1 mill part. Assembly started and mostly finished on the arm’s winch gear box today. The only missing piece is the 3D printed spool, we expect to…
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Manufacturing At the end of the day on Saturday there were 72 different parts released to manufacturing to make. We had an optional meeting Sunday, before the start of today’s meeting we had already completed 32 of the parts. A large portion of the completed parts were 3D printed, laser cut, or router parts. Currently…
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Charge Station It is finally done! Phew, that was a lot of work. It took double my initial estimated number of weeks. We learned a ton of stuff along the way and got to put our new fiber laser to use. It was our team’s first big project made out of bent metal. The charge…
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Charge Station It was a busy night tonight, we got the missing pieces cut on the laser. After the pieces were cut they were all bent on the sheet metal brake. Next we got the charge station pieces welded together by the end of the night. Assembly is looking good for Saturday. CAD The buddy…
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Prototype Arm The arm is still under geared for the current load even with two motors. The lower joint gear box is going to get reworked to add another reduction. We also noticed the belt might be skipping so we will probably up to a 15 mm wide belt. The intake(weight) at the end of…
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