pic: 1493 Finished robot

[Dan-o]

sorry it took me so long to get to these questions. first off, thank you for all of the compliments. Our team worked very hard on this project for 5 short weeks.. not 6 (due to school starting late)

The camera works very well at its present position. It is just high enough to track the targets, both tetras, and goals.

It is too early to say whether the bot will consistently pick up and cap goals, so I will not go that far, but I would be willing to say that we will more than likely do it on occasion at UTC.

About the arm. The arm is very stable, though we had some issues in the beginning with the amount of torque the tetra was putting on the van door motor lifting the arm. This was solved by placing 2 gas springs on the frame to put the arm near equilibrium when the arm is holding a tetra parallel to the ground.

Oh yeah, the mount for the camera is a rapid prototyped model that pivots on 2 axis using servos. We should be making a shielding devise at competition if weight allows.

We appreciate the feedback. See you at competition