View Single Post
  #3   Spotlight this post!  
Unread 22-11-2004, 20:42
Manoel's Avatar
Manoel Manoel is offline
Registered User
FRC #0383 (Brazilian Machine)
Team Role: Mentor
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Rookie Year: 2000
Location: Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
Posts: 608
Manoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond reputeManoel has a reputation beyond repute
Send a message via ICQ to Manoel Send a message via MSN to Manoel
Re: pic: Little robot and S&T Secretary

Hi,
Thanks for your interest!
Team 383 built this robot two years ago for our annual expo, it is currently only capable of moving - it uses two globe motors and Brecoflex belts, pretty slow but works nicely.
We originally intended to give it articulated arms, but after our expo we kind of had to build a full size robot for some competition you might know, so that plan ending being postponed and postponed and...
Now that we had this major coverage, we will have to articulate its arms, hands, and who knows what else? We haven't decided yet if we'll upgrade this one or just build a new one from scratch - since the Brecoflex is pretty sticky and it footprint isn't very square, it bounces a little bit when turning.
The construction is pretty simple, we have two globe motors directly connected (oh, the side loads! ) to "flat" pulleys - actually, we just took those FP gearbox thingies, removed the flanges and called them pulleys... As I told you, pretty simple construction.
__________________
Manoel Flores da Cunha
Mentor
Brazilian Machine
Team # 383
Reply With Quote