News, events, and updates from Team 254.
After calling many fabrication shops in Southern California within a radius of 45 miles, we ended up at the California Polytechnic University, Pomona shop. Our metal forming division was lucky enough to find the proper die to create the 45 degree bends on a…
Read postToday, the battery boxes and superstructure sides were welded. We're attempting to bend the base plates before we go ahead and begin to weld the drive base. In the meanwhile, here's some photos of Jesus and his special touch. Jesus welding a battery box The…
Read postThe events portrayed in this post are from 10:30 PM to 6:47 PM. Events occur in real time. (Que 24 music) 10:30 PM: Kiet and Richard leave West Covina to meet Kirk in Kettleman, CA. 1:40 AM: Goods are exchanged (as pictured) Loading the goods to the Prius All…
Read postAll of the robot chassis and super structure parts were completed today and are on their way to West Covina to be welded and then powercoated. The front plugs will be machined tomorrow and will be mailed down to arrive on Tuesday at the same time that the…
Read postThis was a test using dual 1/2" rollers wrapped with duct tape. During the test, the rollers separated slightly after coming in contact with the ball once hitting the 3" limit(simulates a spring loaded roller system). Original video unavailable.
Read postReview the PDF linked below for calculations for the lifting arm. If the PTO is driven on the low gear side (14 to 64), then an additional reduction of approximately 8:1 will be required to drive the arm. This is easily achievable in two stages. If the PTO is…
Read postDuring the previous two days, we attempted to design and prototype different roller orientations with minimal success. Before we were able to record a video of the horizontal roller setup, we determined that the setup held the ball well(going forward). While…
Read postToday we began to manufacture the robot frame. Currently the CNC is turning them out after a laborious 3 passes in order to bore all the holes. Hopefully we will have them done and ready to ship out by tomorrow afternoon. We also furthered our progress on the…
Read postMANUFACTURING Today, construction on the tensioner cams was completed. PROTOTYPING Today we did extensive prototyping with vacuums. We continued to work with the two-stage impeller assembly hooked up to 2 fisher price motors. The impellers are currently…
Read postWe dropped off the wheels, bearing housings, and gearbox spacers at the anodize shop today. Hopefully we should see them back in a few days.
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