Sunday, February 13, 2011

FIRST TURRET and LIFT INSTALL

This week begins week six of the build season and then the final weekend, so the pressure is on to finish both robots by Feb 22nd - our "bag and tag" day for all teams in Michigan.





Finishing touches were added to the wiring and power distribution board.  The red lights signal all is well with each circuit.






Tonight we completed the first lift arm and turret assembly and installed it onto the chassis of robot #1.  As you can see from this video, the robot is finally taking shape.




 



We mounted cameras for the vision system and made a tryout on the carpet with a tape line.  The robot followed the line effectively, so we were pleased.

The highlight of the weekend was the successful tryout of the first pick and place function of the turret, lift arm and end effector assembly.








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