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| Assembled module w/o motor and ramp components |
During this week, our team successfully completed our Most Critical Module, which is now fully-functional. We were able to clearly demonstrate our module for our MS8 assignment just how it would be used in the actual game, by mounting it in the slot and running it. After hooking up the module to a battery pack, we were able to repeatedly launch our ramming arm over and over, each time having it function just as we intended. We were also able to demonstrate the functionality of the ball-collecting components by dropping several balls on top of the module and watching them fall into the opening as intended. All in all, we did great on our MS8 assignment, as well as with our engineering of our other modules.
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| Early assembly of module |
There are a few modifications that can be made to the main module. Our most critical modification will be ensuring that all balls which roll down the ramp will make it into our slot. We have noticed slight problems with alignment, but we are going to test and determine which type of modification (such as adding a small supporting wall) will be the best in any situation. Other modifications include overall alignments that could increase the ramming force of the arm, help guarantee successful scoring of balls, and improve assembly and disassembly during competition.
In addition, our team has created our engineering designs for our top bot, including the CAD models, drawings, manufacturing plans, and bill of materials. We have even already acquired all of the materials we will be using. It is now simply a matter of machining the top bot, and we should have the overall machining of our entire Slotbot completed by the end of this week.
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| Assembly and necessary components |
