Very few people were able to attend and stay long at this robotics meeting (there was a basketball game/practice thing going on), so not much progress was made. We tinkered with the ball intake device a little more and changed its gearing to 1:1. It's still pretty slow, even at maximum power, so we might just have to deal with the super speed of the original configuration. The U-shaped metal piece providing the route from the intake to the hopper has been temporarily removed so we can more conveniently mess with the intake conveyor.
After everybody else left, I got to drive the robot around with the new omniwheels that arrived today. They make turning a lot smoother and driving a lot easier. There were some connectivity issues, possibly related to battery lowness. One of the drive wheels keeps slipping away from its motor. Near the end of the meeting, the intake motor mysteriously stopped working, in addition to frequently losing its motor wire connection.
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