RoboCupMechanical

This page houses the current RoboCup Mechanical efforts. The 2008 efforts can be found here. All development work will be done in Autodesk Inventor 2009. 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

Thursdays, 6pm - 8pm

Sundays, 1pm - 5pm

Development Schedule & Tasks

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

1. Conduct a phased maintenance and overhaul on 2008 fleet.
2. New omni wheel prototype
3. Solenoid development

Systems

Overall

System Components and Bill of Materials

Drivetrain

Omni Wheels

Drive Module

Personnel

1. Stefan (Drive Module, Mechanical Lead)
2. Arjun (Omni Wheels)

Integration

Shell

Chassis

Ball Control

Dribbler

Kicker

Chipper

Ball Sensor

Personnel

1. Stu (Kicker & Chipper)
2. Arjun (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

• Cornell Documents (Look at 2003)
• Eagle Knights Dribbler Testing
• Mechanical Engineering Tips
• G-Code Tutorial
• Overhead camera footage from Robocup 2007 Championship Match
• Dr. Gear - Gear Encyclopedia
• Cornell 2004 Mechanical Documentation
• MIT Design Handbook Index (VERY GOOD)
• Global supplier and CAD drawing database