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OUR WORK

Mechanical Overviews of Past Robots

CenterStage

Fifth Year; 2023-24

Mechanisms:

  • Drivetrain: Custom mecanum chassis

    • Unique deadaxle design

  • Intake

  • Claw

  • Drone Shooter

ASTREA

ANDROMEDA

PowerPlay

Fourth Year; 2022-23

Mechanisms:

  • Drivetrain: Custom mecanum chassis

    • Unique deadaxle design

  • Double reverse four bar: Transfers cones from mats to junctions

    • 180 degrees maximum arm extension

    • Custom CNC cut bars, pocketed to reduce weight, innovative design!

    • Compact gear assembly acting as an elbow joint for the mechanism
      Power transferred from motor to shafts using belts

  • Claw arm: Extends the claw to score on all Four junctions attached to DR4B

    • Custom-manufactured metal arms connected with belts to minimize amount of servos​

    • Less weight overall; lifted by DR4B

Freight Frenzy

Third Year; 2021-22

Mechanisms:

  • Drivetrain: Custom mecanum chassis

  • Intake: Pulls freight into the hopper system

    • Polyurethane tubing, 3D-printed ramp, CNCed side plates​

  • Hopper: Stores any one piece of freight at a time, rotates to position hopper to deposit freight

    • Attached to custom manufactured rotational arm​

  • Diagonal slides: Carries freight vertically to the different levels of the alliance shipping hub

    • 3D-printed custom mounts hold the slides together

    • Continuous rigging with pulleys â€‹

  • Carousel: Rotates Carousel to score ducks in Autonomous and Endgame

ATLAS 2.0

ATHENA

Ultimate Goal
Second Year; 2020-21

Mechanisms:

  • Drivetrain: Custom mecanum chassis

  • Wobble Goal Mechanism: Grabs and delivers Wobble Goal to target and drop zones

  • Intake: Pulls rings into the robot and transfers to roller subsystem using compliant wheels, transports the rings into our hopper

    • 2-roller assembly with complaint wheels to roll rings into hopper​

  • Hopper: Store 3 rings at a time to maximize the number of "cycles" we can complete during the Driver-Controlled period.

    • Custom 3D printed design and fabrication​

  • Shooter: Shoots 3 rings in succession into the high goal and at power shots

    • Single fly-wheel shooter; adds spin to ring for increased consistency​

SKYSTONE
First Year; 2019-20
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Artemis

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