We have finally (probably) decided on a robot base to use for the competition. It looks like this:
It's called the three motor chassis (instructions here). We decided after building two different designs from this website (the one we outruled was the Castor Bot) and debating the different features as a team. Although the castor bot had an efficient "pusher", the three motor chassis was chosen, mainly for its convenient third motor (surprise surprise). We're planning on several adjustments, including a forklift, which we think will be helpful for the cast and bone bridge missions. Not much work on the project today, although we are trying to set up a meeting with an Orthopedic surgeon about our bone substitute topic. Homework: questions for the doctor.
We had several meetings which were spent entirely on the research, that the time spent on the base is worthwhile. It was also good to really start thinking about the motions required to accomplish each task and how it could all be combined in a robot that required minimum on-site adjustments.
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