Breakaway-2010
The CAD team is a fundamental step to designing an accurate robot, and because of this, our robot can be created with as little waste as possible. This year the CAD team was comprised of members Aaron, Tyler, Joe, and Karina who have been working industriously. We started out the year with central ideas and then swiftly moved into drawing the robot in Autodesk® Inventor® software. As a team, they must be flexible because of technical changes being made all the time, but with patience they bear all in order to succeed.
This year we desired a plain, uncomplicated robot frame. We determined to employ the use of 80/20 because of its modular capabilities, which renders it adaptable to the fluctuation of its creator’s designs. Having Ghost Rider’s small, simple frame and certain tasks it is required to accomplish in this year’s challenge, we tried keeping all of the weight to the bottom in order to increase balance, by placing the electrical board and motors on the bottom of the robot. Space was of the essence and it took a serious thought process in order to fit, in an orderly manner, all of the components sought after.
The drive is the heart and soul of the robot. Without a working drive, a robot could not accomplish anything. A good solid base is required in any application especially in one requiring maneuvering over bumps. The team wanted something fast and agile but something with enough pushing power to handle the bumps so we opted out for AndyMark Tough Boxes fitted with two CIM motors each. To add to the pushing power, the team purchased Nitrile Tread. Nitrile has unique properties that create an optimal coefficient of friction. In order to handle the torque required navigating, Team 1710 chose the standard 35 series chain and used an innovated tensioning system. The sprocket and spring aloud the chain to be redirected away from the bump and improved clearance.
