C3DP Team has been making steady progress; we’ve recently waterjet our design for brackets, the heated bed platform, and the X-carriage extruder mount. We’re using a system of dowel pins and a pair of M5 bolts to make the extruder removable, so for example it could be replaced with a […]
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This code can likely be optimized but it functions to the performance needed, so there is not a great need to optimize every part. The code for the robot is written in Arduino C++, and is compiled and uploaded to the ESP8266-12e that acts as the ‘brain’ of the robot. […]
In order to reduce the overall cost and allow for a fully ready to go electronics package, Eric Layne designed a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that allows all the components to be soldered together and only require a battery connector and the motors to be attached in order to allow […]
In order to allow more interaction with the robots during outreach events, we are creating small, phone controlled demo robots that are inexpensive and easy to repair. This will allow us to let anyone interested drive around the robots and not just watch us drive them around. We hopefully will […]
The Freshman Combotics team had an enjoyable first season in the club building Big Bertha. We ran into some complications throughout the season and had to make some tight last-minute fixes in the weeks leading up to EOH, but we got the job done. Starting with a robot that weighed […]