RoboCupMechanical

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This page houses the 2011 RoboCup Mechanical efforts. The 2008 efforts can be found here. How to use Inventor and get it can be found on the Inventor How to Guide. Inventor is also available on our CAD Machines in Tin and in the ECS Lab in the French building.

A development rendering of a 2009 RoboCup robot

Meetings & Development Time Line

Current Work Schedule

Sundays, 1pm - 6pm
Tuesday, 1pm - 6pm
Thursday, 1pm - 6pm

Development Schedule & Tasks

This is just a list of our most pressing objectives. For a full listing see RoboCup Mechanical Dev.

  1. Review Drive base and Chipper / Kicker Assembly.
  2. Machine
    Omni Bodies
    Drive Plates
    Base Plates
    Dribbler Plates
  3. Solenoid development

Systems

Overall

System Components and Bill of Materials

Drivetrain

Omni Wheels
Drive Module
Drive Motor
Personnel
  1. Stefan (Drive Modules & Omni Wheels, Mechanical Lead)

Integration

Shell
Chassis
Assembly Instructions

Ball Control

Dribbler
Kicker & Chipper
Personnel
  1. Stu (Kicker & Chipper)
  2. Stefan (Dribbler)

Testing

Test Rig
Slope
Impact Test
Carpet

Fabrication

Drive Motor Fixture

Competition Specifications

  • Field
    Area 6.6m x 4.7m
    Material - Locally available carpet
  • Robot
    Maximum Diameter - 180mm
    Maximum Height - 150mm (measured from solid surface)
    Maximum Weight - 1.8 kg
  • Golf Ball
    Max Speed - 10 m/s
    Diameter - 43 mm
    Mass - 46 grams
    Material - DuPont Surlyn Ionomer Dupont's Surlyn Page
    No more than 20% of the ball's area may be occupied by / within the robot. See this illustration.
  • More info found in rules RoboCup SSL Website

Testing

RoboCup Testing

Useful Links