The Robot Proposal is divided into couple design components: End Effectors: fork flipper and cable claw Motors: 2 Power Function and 3 NXT motors Drivetrain: rear wheel drive, 2 wide flat rubber tires, 1 tank tread, 2 front skis Sensors: EOPD, compass, ultrasonic sensors Accessories: IR Link, Magnets, Video Camera
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Phase 1 Robot Proposal
Posted by CopabX on May 28th, 2010
Posted in Drive Train, End Effector, Renderings, Robot Design, Robot Proposals, Sensors, Videos 
1 Comment »End Effector Testing (Linear Actuator Arm)
Posted by CopabX on May 23rd, 2010
Different designs of the end effectors were tested to see what are the pros and cons with each design. The original design of a claw on the end of a parallelogram to extend the claw out into the crater and the pick up the water loops didn’t work because there wasn’t enought up and down range for [...]
Robot & Mission Field Renderings
Posted by Gfare on May 23rd, 2010
The robot rendering of its general design is done! The LEGO Digital Designer (LDD) does not have the tank tread we need, so it is not shown on these renderings.
End Effector (Claw)
Posted by CopabX on May 19th, 2010
One of the mission requirements is to pick up the loops, so we built a claw and tested it.
LEGO Digital Designer Renderings
Posted by Gfare on May 16th, 2010
This weekend, we started the robot rendering using LEGO Digital Designers (LDD). This is the first time we try to sketch up our designs. I am our team’s designated graphics artist to tackle this task, since I have the patience to graphically put all the components together after my teammates built the prototypes.