Battery Indicator
A battery indicator was created and soldered on to a PCB board. It was successfully tested using a power supply.
New Motor/Wheel Design
Date: April 15th Since the motors struggled to turn the robot, Dean and Hamza redesigned the legs using gears to give the wheels higher torque. The gears were 3D printed throughout the week and fitted to the motor and a ball bearings. As seen in the video above the method was successful and the robot […]
Collection System: Update and Testing
Date: April 14 On April 14, Harris and Justin successfully implemented and altered the Collection System design to more efficiently remove the poppy seeds from the cloth. Common issues such as the stepper motors getting stuck, the cloth getting stuck, and the blades not removing the poppy seeds were quickly addressed and fixed. The collection […]
Collection System Nema 17 Motor Mount
Date: April 13 On April 13, Team members Harris and Justin worked on mounting the new Nema 17 stepper motor onto the collection system.
Collection System: Update
Date: April 11 The 28BYJ-48 stepper motors were replaced with the Nema 17 Bipolar stepper motors. The new stepper motors required the use of 2 L298N Dual Motor Controller Module, one for each motor. The existing code was modified to work with the new controller module and the winding and unwinding of the cloth was tested.
Collection System Design 2: Metal Scrape
On April 3rd… On April 3rd, collection system design 1 was modified into design 2. Collection system design 2 is comprised of design 1 with an extra stepper motor and two metal plates attach to the wood and bent in 45 degree angle. Team member Dean was in charge of placing and securing the two […]
Design 2: Wood Bot Maneuverability Testing
Date: March 30, 2019 On March 30th, testing of body design 2 was complete. Since there was no changes in wiring or components from body design 1, coding and components were carry over to second body design. After transition from PVC pipes to wood, we conclude that the body design 2 is more stable and […]
Design 2: Wood Body
Date: March 24,2019 On March 24th, our initial PVC pipe body design was not sturdy enough to substantially support the weight of the base which contained the batteries, electrical components, and collection system. Therefore, we decided to take an alternative approach by using wood to be more stable. In order to reconstruct the robot with […]
PVC Design 1: Keyboard Coding and Maneuverability Test
Date: March 21, 2019 On March 21st, our team decided to use a wireless Bluetooth keypad for testing purposes to control the Robot. The keypad mapped specific buttons to delegate the direction of the robot such as forward, reverse, left, right, as well. Buttons were also mapped in order to stop the robot as well […]