Picking frisbee off the floor prototype

[kingbrandon14]

Originally Posted by s_forbes

The hopper is included in the video; the track will hold 4 frisbees and act as the 'hopper'.

So then I guess I meant to ask how will you get them from the hopper into the shooter?

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by JB987

Could be worth the effort if you hope to pick up 2 under the pyramid during auto, Fredi Nice prototype just the same! Have you tried the set up without bottom belts and just lexan bottom on long run portion of loader?

We could not get a high enough coefficient of friction, that does mean it can't be done with a different belt though

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by Andrew Lawrence

How close to the ground are you?

I don't have the number with me now but I would venture to say about a 1/16 of an inch

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by kingbrandon14

So then I guess I meant to ask how will you get them from the hopper into the shooter?

We are planning on having a pneumatic loader, pop them up about 4 inches, because the shooter will be right above the polycord track. A second piston will launch the frisbee int the the shooter wheels, we are using an inline shooter.

[pntbll1313]

So what is your plan for the "bump". That 1/4" to 3/8" lip of carpet that goes around the pyramid. Are you planning to articulate your Polycarp lip and raise it or will you just avoid the pyramid?

[akoscielski3]

If you were to move the front roller forward and the Lexan further back, so that the roller is the first thing to contact Frisbee, will this concept still work?

Or is it better with the Lexan hitting it first? Just wondering because i'm not sure how I should do mine.

[JB987]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

If you were to move the front roller forward and the Lexan further back, so that the roller is the first thing to contact Frisbee, will this concept still work?

Or is it better with the Lexan hitting it first? Just wondering because i'm not sure how I should do mine.

Set up a similar model, with roller first and then add lexan extension on bottom so it contacts disks first and test to find out? This presumes you have components of course

[falconmaster]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

If you were to move the front roller forward and the Lexan further back, so that the roller is the first thing to contact Frisbee, will this concept still work?

Or is it better with the Lexan hitting it first? Just wondering because i'm not sure how I should do mine.

That might work....we were working within the constraints we had for our arm

[akoscielski3]

Originally Posted by JB987

Set up a similar model, with roller first and then add lexan extension on bottom so it contacts disks first and test to find out? This presumes you have components of course

Having components is the issue. With the teacher strike all of our gear is at the school.

[Hebrew]

Where can you buy that cord stuff at? Is it cheap?

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by falconmaster

I don't have the number with me now but I would venture to say about a 1/16 of an inch

OK, so what if it could articulate a little upwards, and it rode on small "skis" that would guide it over the <1/2" 'bumps'?

Sorry, it's a problem and I have to try to solve it. I just can't help myself.

[Rangel]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

OK, so what if it could articulate a little upwards, and it rode on small "skis" that would guide it over the <1/2" 'bumps'?

Sorry, it's a problem and I have to try to solve it. I just can't help myself.

It might be able to. For when we start to climb we are going to have to articulate the grabber part so that it is out of the way. Could use the same device to get it over the bump. Or we can just nudge the arm up a bit when we get to those bumps.