Hey guys, so our team has had rough years since 2012. IN 2013 we had no robot at all and another team (I think 358) lent us a bot. In 2014 we had a drive train with no manipulator, and last year we ended with our best executed design in years but it didn't work... At all. In fact we never picked up a tote. We did actually pick up 1 single bin before the lift stopped working, but honestly that didn't make us much happier. We as a team decided a lot of things needed to change. We ripped apart our leadership system and moved from a coach(teacher) led team to a student(captain) led team. We defined sub teams a lot more strongly. We had 2 students learn Solidworks. We wrote a handbook got sponsors, and designed a new Recycle Rush Robot.
So that is the cad of the lift mech. Dont judge too hard it was my first model. The rest of the model is on my friends pc but thats the bulk of the design.
All the plates have been waterjet cut by our new sponsor and is in an impressive aircraft aluminum grade.
We have all the needed parts and we are using our 2014 drive chassi. (Sideways facing mecanums).
The lift will move up with webbing going into a single sim 27:1 winch.
Totes and bins will be picked up with a team indiana style lexan tab.
It will also be used along with a tethered ramp.
Everything just has to be cut, drilled, and assembled.
We also have some ideas for improvements. To start we want powered intakes. We already have Andymark motor brackets for rev extrusion so we should be able to build basic ones decently easy. We also want to make a recycle bin stabilizer.
Is there anything that we should add/subtract to the design. The idea of it is a really basic start so we can at least have a working robot for sponsors, parents, admins, and ourselves. We also want to have some success at the HHH off season event in November. Thanks guys