We discovered upon arriving at the robotics meeting today that the ramp we had partially assembled had fallen apart over the break. (It sort of went "splat" and went flat on the ground.) It also broke the rivets that took so long to put in and bent the brackets out of shape. We were able to put the entire thing back together (and attach the sides) with lots of tape and a few more rivets.
Another slide was added to the lift mechanism. After going down to the local hardware store to pick up some fishing line, we were able to thread the mechanism in such a way that pulling the line would raise and telescope the lift. It was also successfully mounted on the robot, but does need a little bit more work before it can be stable. I put the controls for the lift on the second pad.
We just need to attach the ball hopper to the lift mechanism and figure out a way to attach the servo cable in such a way that it doesn't get severed by the mechanism. We may also need to gear up the lift's motor so it can get up to the top in sub-geological time.
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