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Replaced metal angle brackets with custom 3dp mounts for fixing the gearbox coupling plate to the top plate, as well as added extra stabilizer with bearing for reducing the back lash when moving the turret.

Added mounting points for the battery, as well as organized part and mate names throughout the entire file.

Assembled one side of the drivetrain; found out that the clearance between the motors is too small, so the pulleys touch each other, the holes are to close to the motor cut outs, and the tension for the long side of the drivetrain is too high, so c2c needs to be smaller

Made countersunk holes for the screws on the main robot side plates

Added an isolated mount for the odometry computer, holes for mounting power switches and pocketed everything to reduce weight.

Tried various options for mounting the Limelight 3A camera, however came to a conclusion, that the method we used on our old robot was already optimal.

Added bottom plate to prevent wires from rubbing against the ground at the back, under the control hubs. Implemented transfer motor that spins the transfer at 3000 RPMs. Added intake/transfer placeholder geometry and started looking for optimal limelight mounting position.

Created rear odometry pod mount, so it fits between the control hubs of the robot

During this session I created the servo gearbox for rotating the turret that is powered by 2 axon mini servos with a 1:1 gear ratio.

Added top plate, searched for turret’s gear position

Added hardware to the transfer sub-assembly, moved the back odometer closer to the center, searched for optimal control hub placement position

During this session I finished the drivetrain with all of the screws, bearings, belts, etc. I also added horizontal and vertical odometer assemblies.

During this session I refactored all of our sketches for the plates (I once forgot to turn on the timelapse after a break, so it was a bit closer to 3 hours than 2). I also started assembling all of the drivetrain into a main assembly. Next goal is to finish the drivetrain with motors, add odometry, and then decide what is logical next step to do.

During this session, I had a meeting with my teammates, where we went over the existing main robot sketches, discussed how should we develop the robot further, and finalized our robot’s master sketch / layout.