CanSat: Switching to a Virtual Competition
Sadly, the competition is not going to take place in person. Instead, there is going to be a virtual launch of the cansats.
Competitions
MAI Cup Senior: Robot is built!
Our robot is finally built. We now have an aluminium case, and the gear box is working like it is shown in the video. The only problem we encountered so far is that the centre of mass is not correctly placed so we must adjust it with some changes. In … Weiterlesen …
MAI Cup Junior: How does it work?
We want to give you a little insight into our work. Here you can see the cabling and the basic data flow of our robot. Take a look: We also did some additional test runs. There is still a lot of work to do:
CanSat: Further Stability Tests
We tried to make our CanSat more stable by gluing foam around it for protection, but when we tested it the bottom of the satellite broke again. So we decided to do a completely new design, which we hope will come out of it with no damage so it will … Weiterlesen …
MAI Cup Junior: Prototype Successfully Tested
This week we plugged in the ultrasonic sensors. It took quite some time to figure out the right ports. In order to program the ultrasonic sensors we reworked the code to make the sensors work. We also added comments so that everyone in our team can easily understand the code. … Weiterlesen …
MAI Cup: Update of the Ruleset
There was a minor change of the ruleset. Thus the rulebook was updated to version 0.6. Take a look!
MAI Cup Senior: Major Update Incoming!
We finally have 3d printed the body of the robot. So, all that’s left to do since the code is done and the motors and sensors work is to assemble the gearbox that is also 3d printed and then we are ready to go into the testing phase! So, in … Weiterlesen …
CanSat: First drop tests!
We tested the parachute and the stability of our CanSat last week by dropping it from our school roof. The satellite is not yet stable enough to withstand a fall, but the parachute worked. However, we have noticed that in order to be able to fold the parachute more easily … Weiterlesen …
Eurobot: Drawings of the Small Robot
This week we have been busy with the actual designing of the little robot. As mentioned in last week’s article, we already had a plan of how the robot should look like. As you can see in the picture, the basic structure of the robot is a cube. The robot … Weiterlesen …
MAI Cup Junior: Ultrasonic Sensor Up, Motors Down
This week we tried to program some code to measure the distance to the wall. To do that we need an ultrasonic sensor. One of our team members took the time and he installed the sensor, so the only thing left to do was to create a code, which had … Weiterlesen …