So, you’re here to learn how to build the CCGS Flipper Bot, you’re in the perfect place. This guide assumes that you have a general understanding of robotics. For help, we recommend checking out: our manual for our simpler robot, the Team Description Materials Document, asking us / the forums and Google as always, being your friend.
The TDM is the go to for detailed information and we can't recommend it as a resource enough. You can download it here (2019 Edition).
We've made a lot of changes since the EmuBot first started off, below is documentation on how to build our robot and challenges we've overcome.
One of our members, Sam, has created the video below, how to build the robot from scratch. You can download everything from thingiverse. in side the wepage below
We've got 4 servos on our robot:
The reason behind this is that we were breaking too many AX-12a's in Montreal. The 18a and the MX-28 have increased torque and speed which makes a dramatic difference in their life time on the flippers that we use.
A big difference between the AX-12a and the AX-18a is that the 18a has 1 metal gear where the 12a is plastic. This specifc gear breaks after extensive use and we have created a document that steps through how to fix it here.
The reason why we use LiPo batteries is becuase they are the best power to weight ratio however don't forget your fire proof bags becuase yes, they can be bombs if mishandled.
To tackle the problem of computer vision as well as having multiple camera streams, we have tried USB cameras and other camera accessories... no success yet.
This a problem with a lot of different, equally valid solutions, ours is one of them. INSERT IMAGE BELOW
This is like the personality of your robot, the heart and soul. Check out our GitHub for ours and follow read me. Below are some helpful hints that may be of benefit to you.
The dream is for a Nvidia Jetson to allow us to process computer vision on the robot itself.
If Resources permitted, we'd have a second robot working at all times to allow for teams to work together on different problems.