Today we started planning the gearbox design for our robot. The gear ratio of our robot changed due to getting different gears and boosted the ratio up to 512:1. We went into Onshape and looked at the starting idea from Mr. Knauss. We were a bit confused at first as to how everything would fit together and where we would put things, but after some clarification, we were able to keep moving. In the CAD, we had 2 plates between the arm and support from the base. An 80-tooth gear would be mounted onto the arm and between the arm and plate and would be the end of our gear train. From there, we'd just have a gear train which would be connected to a motor. Next meeting, we can plan out where exactly we want the rest of the gears: between the two plates, inside of the arms, outside of the arms, or a combination of these.
Week 3 & 4 Technical Post Design Technical Teams: Chassis, Intake/Indexing, Shooter, Tower 1. Summary During Weeks 3 and 4, the technical teams finalized prototype testing and shifted into a strong design phase focused on CAD development and system integration. The chassis group completed chassis CAD, tested vision systems using the Limelight and RoboRIO, and refined swerve module encoder testing. The shooter group finalized hood and baseplate designs through testing and extensive CAD work while refining shooting angles and adjustability. The intake/indexing team completed subsystem CAD integration, added a pivot mechanism, prototyped hopper belts, and finalized coding structures while refining designs in CAD. The tower team prototyped hook designs, researched optimal gear ratios, advanced elevator CAD development, and began preparing code for future testing. 2. Focus for Weeks 3 & 4 In Week 3, the primary goal was completing prototype testing and finalizing subsystem...