Saturday, November 30, 2013

 We made a quick stand to hold all of the components
 Basic placement to get a feeling for size
 We lacked the necessary parts to attach the lever arm to the motor the correct way to it was fudged a bit. it is working so far. 
 Had to create a quick mounting plate for the motor, the mill made quick work of it. 
 Limit switch one, we added this to help tell the arduino where the armature is at all times. 
Limit switch two, once again this is to help keep track of the armature
 All assembled



Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Wiring Schematic

How does one wire a dap-bot? Using Fritzing of course!


Quick sketch of our final idea for moving the armature.
Final fabrication will be competed over the weekend.
Final CAD will be posted soon for your viewing pleasure. 

Friday, November 22, 2013

Fabrication!

Here is our current revision of the linkage we are planning to use. it is make of 0.25" angle aluminium. 

The next step was to secure the foam fist to the part of the linkage that is made to extend out. We came up with the idea to use spray expanding insulation to secure the fist to the piece of aluminium. 

After a night of curing the foam insulation expanded nicely and is holding the fist to the piece of angle nicely. 
Unfortunately over night the rid we had set up to hold the metal straight broke and it set slightly angled. This should not be to much of an issue. 

After shaving a bit of the foam off we decided to integrate. Its looking promising. 

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Thursday Lab Update



BRUINS!
Bruins logo finished in Solid Works and ready to print! It's 5 inches in diameter and will be positioned on the front of the fist, ring style.





Final design for the arm. The arm will rock in a back and forth motion with the foam fist positioned at the end. Parts will be made out of aluminum. The project is coming along smoothly!

Friday, November 15, 2013


Ultrasonic sensors came in the mail today, Brandon was pretty excited. integration of code and hardware can begin soon. 
The foam fist also came in the mail today! mounting brackets are being design so the fist can be attached to the movement linkage.