I took a break from my active project again. My current project is the bumpers, taking inspiration from Hightide with their hopper being a part of the bumpers. My design includes bumper plating, to help reinforce the bumpers, as well as be a base for both the intake(which i will get to eventually) and the hopper itself. I will finish the hopper reinforcements in the next devlog, as well as hopefully finish the turret and start some real work on the intake.
“Devlog” 3
I took a break from the main chassis and intake today to give myself some time to think about the linear mechanism. I started on the turret, as you can see and it’s turning out pretty well so far. I plan to finish at least the shooting and hood mechanisms before going back to my intake.
Please consider following this project, you might have as much fun as I am having!
“Devlog” 2
Unfortunately, the intake I had previously designed had a few major flaws, that being the way it was powered(through box tube) and the actual design itself being sub optimal for intaking(ironic, I know).
I ended up designing another intake, this one being a four bar, but sadly I didn’t do any research or measurements before I started, so that design didn’t work either.
The new design is still a slap-down, though i would love to eventually upgrade to a linear system(hint hint) in the near future. This current intake is set on a raised mount that comes up from the box tube on which the front left(for now) swerve module is situated.
I have yet to start the power train for either of my subsystems, but that will be something I will get to on the next “devlog”.
Make sure you follow this project, I’m having lots of fun and I hope you will too!
Devlog - 01
I am making an FRC(First Robotics Competition) robot using OnShape CAD(computer aided design). So far I have designed the chassis, consisting of 4 SDS(Swerve Drive Specialties) Mk41 swerve(a type of omnidirectional drive train) modules and box tube, bumpers, which protect the bot during a match, and a slap down, over-the-bumper intake, which will help get game pieces into the robot.
That is all for now, although this project will continue over the summer.
