Building The Game Bot: Day 4 and 5

Day 4:
We have basically finished our robot.  We made a slight modification on the arm's gears.  We also scrapped the rubber band idea.  We also did some test runs.  For some reason we didn't add a second column BR's to the axles.  This will be tomorrow's goal though.

Day 5:
Today we quickly added those BR's.  We had a small chance between our competitions.  We won every round!

Building the Game Bot: Day 3

Today, we tried attaching the arm to the body.  This didn't work, because the bot was top heavy, making it tip over.  So before we could test (due to the end of the hour), we put the arm sideways.  Hopefully, this will provide a stable way to pick up the tennis balls and footballs.  Our goal for tomorrow is to test the robot's stability, and then do some practice games.

Building the Game Bot: Day 1 and 2

Day 1:
Today we finalized our concept and we started building the base.  We also started the arm, but we didn't get very far into building the mouth.

Day 2:
Today we finished the base, and started working on the mouth and arm.  We are having a little bit of a problem with the grips.  We plan to put a plate under the mouth for a kind of platform for the balls to rest on.

Build Reflection

The best part of our robot was the back conveyor belt. It did a good job at keeping the tennis balls in the track, on their way to the basket. We could have put the mouth of our robot on a stable holder, instead of a free flapping hinge. Our next build will do okay. The crane neck will be difficult to sort out, and will have problems. We plan to have a big pincher on the end of our robot. The major problem we will have with this pincher is weight.