By: M. Mellott
New: 23-05-2011 17:54
Updated: 23-05-2011 17:54
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CAD Assembly (STEP) of the 2011 Robot jointly designed by Teams 48, Delphi E.L.I.T.E., and 3193, Falco Tech

CAD assembly was originally created using Inventor. We typically do not model wire or pneumatic routing, but some of the larger components (cRIO, compressor, etc.) are included in the model. Also, our mini-bot was never modeled using CAD, so it is not included as well. Finally, there were some minor details changed during the build, and we tried to capture all of them in our CAD models, but one or two may have slipped through the cracks.

This design was done jointly between Teams 48 and 3193 with 3 robots built--one for each team, and a joint practice robot for drive team training and programming. Design meeting often took place involving Skype for team-to-team communication. Once the Build began, each team was assigned certain components to manufacture for both teams with the idea that once a team creates the necessary programs or jigs to manufacture a given part, making additional pieces would be much faster, easier, and cheaper. Team 48 utilized their additional manufacturing sponsors to provide components requiring difficult machining for both teams (i.e. custom-machined wheels, waterjet-cut belly pan and roller claw components). The team would produce 3-5 pieces or sets of pieces (spare parts were also created for some components) and then give the other team the part(s) for their assembly. Each team built their own competition robot, adding their own custom design tweaks (such as electrical/pneumatic component location), but extreme care was taken to ensure wiring and pneumatics were identically routed for joint programming purposes.
We feel that in the end, both teams came out ahead with this endeavor: two high-performance robots that each team may not have been able to produce had we worked independently, savings to be used on other team expenses, and a practice robot that made both teams far more competitive.

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