pic: Wheel of Doom

[Paul Copioli]

It has an outside diameter of 26" and the hole in the middle is about 11" in diameter. Each "slot" is 7.5" wide (wonder what goes in there?). The height is about 10.5" and the total weight with Lexan is around 5 lbs. We are using 0.062" thick aluminum sheet metal just like last year.

Eric is right ... we are NOT floor loading.


This is definitely a significant part of our robot. We feel most teams will overlook ball jamming, but not us. We are very concerned with ball jamming and this device is used to help with the jamming problem.

Have you ever looked inside a gumball machine? The gumball machine was our inspiration, but now that I look at it ... it does look like a washing machine.

-Paul

[Eric Scheuing]

For driving?

[Chriszuma]

It reminds me of a centrifuge gun, but it's missing a few elements.

[miketwalker]

I like it Paul, we were looking into something similar a few weeks ago. Our inspiration was this: http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~arens/ee118/mechanics.html which looks similar to what I'm guessing you're planning to do. I'm glad to see a team that has the technical resources to build something like this is doing so, because it's a great idea. Can't wait to see it in action, good luck.

[Alekat]

Originally Posted by Elgin Clock

Well duh, it's obviously a vertically mounted spinning 6-chicken rotisserie that automatically drops the chicken down the chute when it's finished cooking.

I would expect nothing less from a team call the Thunder Chickens.

Just set it, and forget it!

[Heretic121]

turret... balss drop into the hole mentioned and either into the gun or down a chute to use the lower goals...

[Barry Bonzack]

It can be used in any room of the house, looks decorative, folds laundry, enslaves the human race, and tastes great with a slice of lemon.

[Lil' Lavery]

WE'RE DOOMED!!!!


My guess, a hopper of sorts. Possibly it might be able to rotate to clear ball jams (or have something rotate in it). "6-shooter" type of thing.
Notice the 6 black cylinders around the circular hole on the bottom? Roller or bearings for rotation perhaps?

[Greg Marra]

This + the spiral hopper = POOF BALL GUMBALL MACHINE!

[Sgraff_SRHS06]

Turret? Maybe. I think it's more like a gumball machine. Now, how much does a gumball cost in that sucker?