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Last night, we did a quick test assembly of a gearbox and chassis to make sure there were no unseen problems cropping up before we move forward. Three of the frame rails still require a trip to the plasma cutter to have lightening patterns cut into them.
We're behind schedule because McMaster-Carr did not ship an order we made to them on Kickoff until yesterday afternoon. That order contains most of our wheel shafts and sprockets. With luck, it arrived today.
16-01-2007 15:52
Tytus Gerrish
cool. and shiney. i was half expecting a super elobrate frame. but this looks very conservitive compared to other stuff you have come up with Madison. i am going to make a jump and guess that i will see the complexity , time and weight budget used in you end effector device. Now i am super curious as to what monstrous devices this drivebase will be carring arround?
16-01-2007 16:56
Madison
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cool. and shiney. i was half expecting a super elobrate frame. but this looks very conservitive compared to other stuff you have come up with Madison. i am going to make a jump and guess that i will see the complexity , time and weight budget used in you end effector device. Now i am super curious as to what monstrous devices this drivebase will be carring arround?
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16-01-2007 20:46
Richard Wallace
Live axles and chain-in-the-frame? Simple concepts and slick execution are the hallmarks of great engineering.
And painstaking attention to detail is how the great ones make it look easy.
17-01-2007 02:01
Madison
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Live axles and chain-in-the-frame? Simple concepts and slick execution are the hallmarks of great engineering.
And painstaking attention to detail is how the great ones make it look easy. |
17-01-2007 17:17
Brandon Holley
It looks good M.
How much bearing support do you have on each wheel? Is it a completely cantilevered system? I assume you are going to include bumpers into this system. Are you going to add cross bracing when you add your end effector for additional support. Also did you run any numbers on loads on the sides of the bot. If so what did you use for an impact load? Thanks!
17-01-2007 18:18
DarkFlame145My team did 2 wheels with ball casters in the cornors in Triple Play and it worked very nicely. We could turn on a dime.