Our strategy for Slotbots II is to collect balls from the arena, and to score them in either the slot or the cone. A small car will collect balls into a pen, and drive to any position we want on the arena. A separate module will consist of a chute resting at a 45-degree angle in the slot. The chute has a hole in one end, and will be forced into the lever by a screw at the beginning of the match. When the car drives over the slot, any balls collected into the pen will fall through the slot, onto the chute, and be guided down to the scoring hole. If the chute becomes clogged or is blocked by our opponent, the car will drive to our funnel and dump its payload there.
Our solid model of the car module. The pen and gate are in the foreground.
Our solid model of the chute module. The chute is in the up (starting) position in this image.
A proof-of-concept image, showing our solid model of the chute successfully toggling the lever at the bottom of the slot.
No comments:
Post a Comment