Things are progressing on the Cyber Blue Swerve.
I posted 4 pictures that should be viewable by Thursday.
We have completed the chassis build and installed all four Team221 modules.
The drive chains connecting the left side modules together, the right side modules together, and the rear modules together are installed.
We are using 2 globe motors, one left side one right side, to provide the module rotation.
We decided to connect the left and right sides together to provide added assurance that each module would turn left or right together with the other three. Redundant - Yes. Error proofing - Absolutely.
We are considering installing some type of mechanical "stop" to make sure we do not over rotatate the modules during the software development phase. We don't want to rip wires or pull one of the tensioners into a sprocket if something goes wrong.
The electronics board is mounted (completed after these pictures) and the team is completing the wiring. Next step is programming.
The programming team has been writing code and doing some experimenting with our 2009 robot. Right now we are using a game controller instead of the joysticks and plan to develop the swerve robot controls with this game controller.
First runs could be next week and we will take some video.
The Inventor model of the assembly is also progressing and should be done soon.
Oh, and we think we may add some bumpers....
