This post is very belated . . . at least the passage of time has made me no less fond of our 2012 robot.
Tail Of The Monkey
Season Recap Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1Ds_PCCGuo
Technical Specs:
- Six wheel drivetrain, 8" diameter Plactions.
- Razor wheel idlers for crossing the bump.
- Drop down ball collector controls balls across the entire front of the robot.
- Conveyor accepts balls from the floor and inbounder station.
- Pneumatic actuators tension belts to control ball feeding into the shooter.
- Shooter runs at over 5,000 RPM.
- Custom Grooved Roller powered by one Banebots motor.
- Two position hood to control trajectory.
- Key detector camera for accurate positioning on the field.
- Vision processing offloaded to Beagleboard.
- Vision camera only reads IR light via filters; impervious to interference.
- Drop down wedge (Tail of the Monkey).
- Uses CAN bus in Jaguar Speed Controllers.
Awards:
New York City Regional - Engineering Excellence, 8th alliance quarterfinalists
Silicon Valley Regional - Innovation in Control, 6th alliance quarterfinalists
Thanks to our alliance partners for the elimination rounds: 694/3059 at NYC and 852/840 at SVR! You guys are great teams.
We'll see you all at CalGames! Any comments/questions?