{"id":93,"date":"2020-10-11T00:25:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T00:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/f20-teamb3\/?p=93"},"modified":"2020-10-11T00:39:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-11T00:39:59","slug":"ryans-status-update-for-10-10-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/course.ece.cmu.edu\/~ece500\/projects\/f20-teamb3\/2020\/10\/11\/ryans-status-update-for-10-10-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan’s Status Update for 10\/10\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

I finished gathering all the necessary parts and began prototyping the physical construction of the robot. For this week, I was focused on our tennis ball launching mechanism. First, I assembled a testing frame out of aluminum extrudes to attach and hold the motors in place. Then, I attached rubber wheels to each motor. Finally, I wired each motor to a L298N motor driver, and the motor driver to an Arduino Uno. For testing, I powered the motors with a variable DC power supply and set them to a relatively fast speed. I then adjusted the distance between the motors until they were reliably able to launch a tennis ball. Below is a video of the launching mechanism in action.<\/p>\n

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With a successful prototype of our ball launcher in place, I can now move on to building the final frame of the robot for next week. This includes starting construction of the arms, ramp, runway, top platform, and basket platform from a combination of wood an acrylic. I’ll be utilizing the wood working tools and laser cutter available in the maker space to help me build the robot frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I finished gathering all the necessary parts and began prototyping the physical construction of the robot. For this week, I was focused on our tennis ball launching mechanism. First, I assembled a testing frame out of aluminum extrudes to attach and hold the motors in place. Then, I attached rubber wheels to each motor. Finally, … <\/p>\n

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