Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Hilux

My robot for HES1305. Due to my group being composed of me, and two dud Mechanical Engineering kids, it was upon me to build the robot, program it, and hopefully pass this subject.

MarkI chassis:




Issues:
*used up too many parts
*not very stable
*fat

So it was again upon me to tinker around, being a Mechatronics kid. Solution? MarkII chassis [remake a whole new chassis]
MarkII chassis had to sastify the following requirements:
*use less parts
*be stable
*not be as "fat" so I have allowage for sensory items, e.g. touch bumpers, lights, light sensor, IR rangefinder, etc.
*work

Updates coming up soon; I'm posting these "updates" two weeks later I actually did it so that other groups who may stumble upon this will always be behind me, thereby making it impossible for them to copy my robot.

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