Thanks for the compliments guys, greatly appreciated!
Here is the animation showing the workings of our gear intake:
It works as follows:
- The lower roller pulls in the gear, pushing back the back plate.
- This back plate is connected to two surgical tubes which are being stretched as the plate is being pushed back (The green tubes in the animation).
- When the gear is completly in the robot, the plate forces it back onto the roller, flipping it upwards 90 degrees.
- The second roller helps get the gear compleat it’s movement and giving it the required height for us to complete the hang.