New Mechanisms

Mechanisms

We have been trying out some spatula design intakes.
Here are some cool pics of our design.

The Mechanism is composed of a polycarb plate to slide under and lift sacks.

After testing we have found the spatula to be very successful on its own but the tower is not fully complete for testing.

06/02/12 Intake Mechanism Tests

Stand off mechanism

We have been working on a mechanism which uses stand off intake rollers to catch the sacks easier.
We tried the mechanism in several different ways.

Intake at different angles:

We found that while flat on the ground the sacks got stuck on the intake. 

However when we put the intake at an angle it had a much easier time with the sacks.

Intake multiple sacks:

Although this video was not very accurate, we found that the intake was able to successfully intake multiple sacks.

Intake attached to Vexter drive:

In order to fully test the mechanism we attached it to our mecanum drive.
Overall the mechanism was successful and will be further tested.