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Re: Concept Lock
we design something very flexible. this years robot was designed with multiple redundancies in mind.
the slider drive became 6 wheel tank
the lift is set up in such a way that it could be replaced with a 4 bar or arm. the manipulator was designed in such a way that it could be mounted to an arm
the manipulator could be replaced with a simple clamper.
for next year i layed out a simple frame that is essentialy an upgrade from the KoP. using configurations, and by altering a few linear patterns it achieves an outstanding level of flexibility.
it can accommodate any drivtrain, mechanum, holonomic, crab, up to 10 wheel tank. the drive base is also set up to support both internal manipulators (think kickers from 2010, and conveyor belts from 2009) as well as external manipulators (arms, lifts, anything that does not take up a large amount of space in the belly of the robot.
the aluminum parts of the frame weigh only 9 lbs, and for every wheel you add .6 lbs.
crab modules were not cadded, because of the extreme unlikelihood that we would suffer the weight and complexity.
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