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ROBOTalk - Design Challenge October 1, 2014

KariKarwedsky — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:40:19 GMT

ROBOTalk - Design Challenge October 1, 2014 Design a conceptual model of a robot with a lift mechanism (i.e. scissor, slider, etc.) that can lift a wiffle ball 120 cm. The starting conditions for the robot are that it has to fit in a cube 18in x 18in x 18 in.Post a picture of your

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ptc-6312680 — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 03:22:05 GMT

This is our concept model. We used PTC Creo and it was very helpful and enjoyable to learn.

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dholt — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:36:50 GMT

http://youtu.be/Kxy-XLMdYxc

I'm a mentor for Team 7300 - Ashebots. Here's a clip of a lift mechanism I did in Creo. I've got a couple students working on their Creo skills so maybe they'll take it and run with it!

I have a servo motor hooked up to the small gear. I HAD a mechanism analysis set-up for it but accidentally deleted it.

Dan

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sm — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:14:25 GMT

Do you have a picture of your concept model in Creo? Maybe a screen shot?

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sm — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 14:16:57 GMT

Dan, this is a cool video. Nice work. Would you be willing to share the models with the Community? Would be nice to make a quick TechTips document from this one. Maybe you have a student that would like to tackle it?

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dholt — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 15:53:33 GMT

Hey Scott, thanks and here's the project.

I doubt I can get anyone but me to write up anything.

As a non-mechanically-trained mentor, I wrote this for myself (if I spend any time away from Creo I'll forget everything!), similarly challenged mentors and our students. I try to update it from time to time and hopefully it's not full of bad advise. It's mostly focused on sticking Tetrix pieces together.

And here's the playlist with a few other Creo vids I've done over the last year.

Dan Holt

7300 Ashebots

Re: ROBOTalk - Design Challenge October 1, 2014

sm — Tue, 07 Oct 2014 16:14:58 GMT

Cool. I will take a peek at it and get started on a document. This is a really cool example.

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ptc-4693648 — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 06:37:59 GMT

I finished a model for my team, FTC team 542 WHS Robotics. The drive train is our CAD model from one of our robots from last season. The lift, however, is new and definitely only a conceptual model. It is a mixed design between a four bar linkage and a linear elevator: it uses drawer slides to extend the links in the four bar arm. This idea came from one of my team's potential designs for the Ring it up! season that was ultimately scrapped in the brainstorming phase. Please note that the two-part slide models were simplified from the three stage set that would be required for this over-extension layout. The blue box in the first picture represents the 120 cm height required for the design, while the white box in the last picture represents the starting size requirements.

Benjamin Domae

FTC 542, WHS Robotics

Re: ROBOTalk - Design Challenge October 1, 2014

FTC_8521 — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:49:39 GMT

I am Trevor A. Babb on behalf of The Hard-Hitting Hardware Hooligans and I have entered the design challenge. You can view my entry using the link below.

http://communities.ptc.com/thread/57256#