Good news, Bull-E has qualified to compete in the competition! The robot met all the size requirements and was able to travel a foot autonomously. We will be competing in Heat B this morning, which gives us some more time to test the software and finish the wiring. Here are some before and after pictures of the bottom of Bull-E:
As you can see, we had to remove all the tracks and reposition the motors to the rear in order to move the wheels. The primary issue now is that the bottom of the frame slightly drags on the Astroturf which can cause the wheels to spin out. To fix this, we are trimming the front and back of the bottom to provide more clearance.
From looking at the competition, it appears that most of the robots are using cameras to detect the containers on the field and and an arm to lift the containers to the compartments. We will post pictures of the other robots soon, but we feel confident that we Bull-E can seriously compete now that it is finally qualified. We will continue to post updates throughout the night and day to keep checking out the blog.
Congratulations on a very impressive work of engineering. I hope you are able to trim the remainder of the frame to provide clearance when loaded and unloaded.
ReplyDeleteYou guys must be running on fumes right now, but it will be worth it when you see BullE score points in the competition.