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This page houses the current [[RoboCup]] Mechanical efforts. The 2008 efforts can be found [[RoboCupMechanical2008 | here]]. All development work will be done in Autodesk Inventor 2009. How to use Inventor and get it can be found on the [[How to Guide Inventor | Inventor How to Guide]]. Inventor is also available on our CAD Machines in Tin and in the ECS Lab in the French building.
 
This page houses the current [[RoboCup]] Mechanical efforts. The 2008 efforts can be found [[RoboCupMechanical2008 | here]]. All development work will be done in Autodesk Inventor 2009. How to use Inventor and get it can be found on the [[How to Guide Inventor | Inventor How to Guide]]. Inventor is also available on our CAD Machines in Tin and in the ECS Lab in the French building.
  
[[Image:RC2008DevRender.jpg|thumb|right|A developement rendering of a 2008 RoboCup robot]]
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[[Image:RC2009RobotRender.jpg|thumb|right|A developement rendering of a 2009 RoboCup robot]]
  
 
==Meetings & Development Time Line==
 
==Meetings & Development Time Line==

Revision as of 21:14, 7 March 2009

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 developement 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

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