So to restate one of my replies to the FRC game predictions topic, some of my teammates and I noticed that there is a large influx of compliant/entraption star products being released across multiple vendors, leading us to believe that this years game will offer some fairly irregularly shaped objects. I had cracked a joke about the game being a rubber chicken game, where teams would have to collect and shoot rubber chickens (which of course would be wheezing/squealing the whole time, ergo fulfilling the “crescendo” aspect of the theme). I have since decided to model, as a pet project, a “rubber chicken robot” that would obtain rubber chickens and shoot them at a target.
I plan to post periodic updates on my progress, but as for now, here’s the start
Absolutely! I hope to have an array of 2 inch Omni wheels against a static surface to catch one end of the chickens and have them rotate until they reach a standard orientation
Okay so Update, I finished the first iteration of my intake side wall, I designed it to work with the Bimba Original Line 3 inch stroke, 5/16" bore double acting cylinder, and it travels a grand total of 41 degrees to retract from the floor
I hope for the intake to use the REV Robotics ION Flap Wheels REV ION Flap Wheels
since they allow a cut to size approach for my needs, as well as versa rollers and polytube conveyor system to transfer the rubber chickens into the system
This is today’s update, I added some WCPWest Coast Products Pocketed gears to inverse my polycord roller systems, as well as beginning to model my polycord and constraining it (a bigger challenge than I expected it to be), as well as adding some extra polycarbonate siding to shield the larger gears.
