Robotik-AG des Gymnasiums Markt Indersdorf
This week we attached a lock to the robot’s case. We also sawed out a hole for the emergency stop switch on the wooden case and then attached the emergency stop switch. We checked whether the robot was able to fulfil its tasks. This included the ability to drive over … Weiterlesen …
The hardest part of building the tensegrity tower was finding a starting point and understanding the pattern of the structure of the 3D model we used as a reference. The strings kept shifting around at first because some weren’t attached as strongly as the others. It was annoying to tighten … Weiterlesen …
We finally started building our tower by beginning with the Chinese Tower part that is supposed to go on top. By gluing toothpicks or skewers together, we formed many hexagons, which, as we know from last year’s project, are especially sturdy. You can see these in the picture below. We … Weiterlesen …
First we fixed the Arduino to the base. Then we built our first chassis out of cardboard. Our current chassis is made of wood. We wired everything up. Next week we will test the robot to see if it works. (author: Alexander)
After countless hours of consideration, discussion, and research, we’ve composed a final plan for our tower. We decided to follow the idea mentioned in our previous blog post of merging design elements of the Chinese Tower from the English Garden in Munich with a Tensegrity structure. For the Tensegrity part, … Weiterlesen …
After at least somewhat understanding how Tensegrity works, we wondered how we could plan a completely original tower design. At first, we looked into the math that revolves around this principle and quickly realized that it was far from the relatively simple math that we were taught in school so … Weiterlesen …
This week we have continued to work on our SIMAs. We have now created a complete 3D model of the SIMA. Once we had designed it, we started to build the upper part of the SIMA. The chassis and the buttons of our test SIMA are completely finished, we will … Weiterlesen …
To build a Tensegrity tower, we have to do an immense amount of research. So let me tell you what we found out so far. Even though we focused on towers in our case, there is no certain way that a tensegrity structure has to look. This principle can also … Weiterlesen …
We’ve successfully completed the movement challenge! After running into unforeseen difficulties at the very last minute, we were glad that we prevailed nonetheless. We were surprised to see the robot drive with the accuracy that it did after seeing it completely mess up so many times. I won’t bore you … Weiterlesen …
After careful consideration, we‘ve determined the direction we’ll take from now on in this project. As you already know from our previous post, we were set on having Tensegrity as our main idea. But we decided to expand on this even further. We plan to include elements of the “Chinese … Weiterlesen …