Eurobot

This week we have ordered parts we need for the small bot. We improved the 3D-model by mending the middle decks. Besides we created holders for the decks and other aluminum profiles. We built a small box. The box contains a moving flap inside. We also attached a servo to … Weiterlesen …

This week we started with developing a cherry dropping system which can accurately drop cherries on the cakes. This system is also designed to have a hopper mounted on top of it so it can hold 10 cherries in total. After that worked well, we started to design the lift. … Weiterlesen …

In the last productive week we finally finished our first 3D-model of the small bot, and we’re really confident that our plans could work out. In this design, there’s already the vacuum cleaner in it, a color sensor for following the lines, ultrasonic sensors, which will be in the walls … Weiterlesen …

In the last week we have made much progress in multiple things: we finally got the new set of rules, that we’ve already translated completely. The main changes are the distribution of points, we now only get three bonus points if a cake contains a cherry and four extra points … Weiterlesen …

In our second week we started to work on our first ideas. First of all we’ve got two vacuum cleaners from eBay, because we want to try collecting the cherries using a suction system. The vacuum cleaners got already unscrewed and tested, so we now know that we will need … Weiterlesen …

After freeing the old Big Bot from hot glue, we designed a vertical motion system and a gripper/suction system to grab and place the cake plates. The base plate and motion system was already in place, so no work was done there. The vertical motion system consists of a motor … Weiterlesen …

After freeing the Big Bot from hot glue, we designed a vertical motion system and a gripper/suction system to grab and place the cake plates. The base plate and motion system was already in place, so no work was done there. The vertical motion system consists of a motor driving … Weiterlesen …

In the first week of October we started with general organisation for our team. In this year we’ll build two robots, that help each other stack 3 layers made of wood to a cake, which gives us points to win the game. After that, we have to put a cherry … Weiterlesen …

This weekend the german Eurobot finals took place! This meant: Me and my siblings had to take our robots to this town to fight exciting matches against the other german Eurobot teams: MAMUT Robotics from Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen in Gießen, Roboterclub Aachen RCA from RWTH Aachen Universität and TU Dresden … Weiterlesen …

The last weeks we have been very productive. We have been busy with the motor controllers. Since we always take the components of the last years, but sometimes parts break, we use 2 different motor controllers for our little robot. We also started to work on the base plate, on … Weiterlesen …