26/07/2019
Agenda:
- 3D printing of robot parts
- Solve any unforeseen circumstances
Task accomplished:
- Printed component holders for robot (RPi, PoE adapter + USB hub, buck & boost converter)
- Started print job for robot casing
- Re-soldered and heat shrunk any loose wires
- Discovered that the code to turn servo motor is not working well and attempt to solve by recoding
Today, we asked Tony to help us with the printing of our robot casing which was necessary considering how messy and dangerous our wires were without a casing. Due to the sheer size of the print, we needed to use the Builder Extreme 2000 printer, which required Tony’s assistance and permission.
3D design of casing and electronic holders
While waiting for the long print, we re-soldered and heat shrunk any loose wires or connections. At the same time, we continued stress testing the robot and realised that the code to turn the servo motor by extracting signal strength is not working well as sometimes the transceiver ends up facing a direction that is not the direction of the highest signal strength. We had to change the code several times but had not managed to overcome this problem.
After the casing was printed, we mounted all the electronics on the tank and you will get to see how our robot looks like on our last post next week! 🤭 🧐 🤓