This robot was designed by me and a team of 3 others with a objective of being able to swiftly pick up and pace 1.5x1.5 inch blocks on different platform as shown in the video below.
Our robot was designed with the goals of simplicity, efficiency, and accuracy in mind. The way these goals were interpreted was a final design that had a rotational base run by a single geared motor and using a microwave-like swivel with 8 wheels and axels to ease rotation, an arm that moved up and down on the base with the use of an angled motor and a 1 to 4 gear ratio, and a set of gripers which rotated up and down on the end of the arm with the use of a geared motor and a 1 to 3 gear ratio, along with an angled geared motor which actually opened the grippers.
Initial Drawings for Robot Design (below)
Base and Arm Pieces of the Robot (below)
The swivel that connected the acrylic wheels to the base
CAD of the base with labeling on the motor shaft connected to the geared motor at the base
The finalized base on it's own
Our initial 1:3 gear ratio for the arm
Our redesign of the gear ratio for the arm
Our finalized high-torque gear ratio for the arm
Gripper Mechanisms (below)
Final Robot Full CAD Assembly
