Week 3

Jan 21 2023:

The elevator was relocated to the lower base frame.

Base controls were flipped to a typical orientation

Jan 23 2023:

Refined the extended intake to take up a smaller profile.

Working on an insert for the arm mechanism with bearings similar to our elevator design

The telescoping arm as simplified, but potentially being revised .

Jan 24 2023:

Extended Intake, Elevator, & Arm Extension CAD Updates

Continuous elevator concept prototype

Programming worked on elevator code with our prototype robot.

Jan 26 2023:

End Effector CAD update

We calculated our gear ratio to pivot our arm on the elevator

We talked extensively of adding a pivot to the wrist and the base of the arm and eliminating the third extension of our main mechanism.