TRAIN BOT
Prototype 1
Prototype 2
Prototype 3
JournaL Entries
9/21 - Today we brainstormed on what kind of robot we should make. We thought of making a plane, a helicopter, a tank, and a few other little things. In the end we ultimately decided on making a train. We all agreed that making our own train wheels that move in unison would be very cool, so that’s what we started to think about constructing.
9/24 - Today we thought of ways to build train wheels. We tried a few different designs of wheels but they all didn’t work. We couldn’t figure out a way to build the wheels successfully today.
9/25 - Today we again tried to build a successful wheel design. We failed. Every time we designed some type of a wheel we could not figure out how to actually connect the wheels to each other and more importantly to the chassis.
9/27 - Today my partner and I each had different wheel designed and then he proposed if he took his axel design and put it on my wheel it might work. I then constructed the new wheel using both of our designs and it seemed it might work. Once we built two wheels we put them together like you would see on a steam train and saw that the design would probably work. The only way to find this out though was to build a chassis and put the wheels on.
9/28 - Today we started to brainstorm on our chassis design. We had to look at the design of our wheels and find the right piece to put them on. We ended up connecting the wheels to a long piece on either side and connected those long pieces with a flat piece.
10/1 - Today we still were coming up with the design on paper. By the end of the day we had started getting together the pieces we were going to use for our chassis.
10/3 - Today we started putting together our chassis as we designed on paper. This took a couple days
10/4 - Continued chassis building.
10/5 - Today we completed our chassis. We took the completed chassis and put on our wheels.
10/8 - No school
10/9 - Today We constructed the bars we would use to connect the wheels like a train. The bars connect from one wheel to another so they can work in unison.
10/10 - Today we found out that the chassis needed to be strengthened. So we put strengthening bars on the chassis.
10/12 - Today we did a little test on our robot to make sure the wheels worked correctly, which they did.
10/15 - 10/17 - Sick D:
10/22 - Today we found out that there is a mechanical issue with our robot. The wheels are not turning properly. So we are currently troubleshooting to see what we need to do to fix this issue.
10/23 - Today we started taking apart the robot. We first had to disasemble the wheels, and the bar that connects the wheels on each side.
10/24 - Today I rebuilt the chasis in a way i thought would work better while my partners reconfigured the wheel design.
10/31 - Today we connected the new chasis and gears for our train and are now working on connecting the motors and the wheels.
11/1 - Today my partners and I scraped the gear design we had and came up with a complete new one. We actually modified the chasis again. We finally came up with a gear and piston system that I think works really well, and had a lot less friction than the last gear system.
9/24 - Today we thought of ways to build train wheels. We tried a few different designs of wheels but they all didn’t work. We couldn’t figure out a way to build the wheels successfully today.
9/25 - Today we again tried to build a successful wheel design. We failed. Every time we designed some type of a wheel we could not figure out how to actually connect the wheels to each other and more importantly to the chassis.
9/27 - Today my partner and I each had different wheel designed and then he proposed if he took his axel design and put it on my wheel it might work. I then constructed the new wheel using both of our designs and it seemed it might work. Once we built two wheels we put them together like you would see on a steam train and saw that the design would probably work. The only way to find this out though was to build a chassis and put the wheels on.
9/28 - Today we started to brainstorm on our chassis design. We had to look at the design of our wheels and find the right piece to put them on. We ended up connecting the wheels to a long piece on either side and connected those long pieces with a flat piece.
10/1 - Today we still were coming up with the design on paper. By the end of the day we had started getting together the pieces we were going to use for our chassis.
10/3 - Today we started putting together our chassis as we designed on paper. This took a couple days
10/4 - Continued chassis building.
10/5 - Today we completed our chassis. We took the completed chassis and put on our wheels.
10/8 - No school
10/9 - Today We constructed the bars we would use to connect the wheels like a train. The bars connect from one wheel to another so they can work in unison.
10/10 - Today we found out that the chassis needed to be strengthened. So we put strengthening bars on the chassis.
10/12 - Today we did a little test on our robot to make sure the wheels worked correctly, which they did.
10/15 - 10/17 - Sick D:
10/22 - Today we found out that there is a mechanical issue with our robot. The wheels are not turning properly. So we are currently troubleshooting to see what we need to do to fix this issue.
10/23 - Today we started taking apart the robot. We first had to disasemble the wheels, and the bar that connects the wheels on each side.
10/24 - Today I rebuilt the chasis in a way i thought would work better while my partners reconfigured the wheel design.
10/31 - Today we connected the new chasis and gears for our train and are now working on connecting the motors and the wheels.
11/1 - Today my partners and I scraped the gear design we had and came up with a complete new one. We actually modified the chasis again. We finally came up with a gear and piston system that I think works really well, and had a lot less friction than the last gear system.