12.06.2012

Improving the End Effector



The old end effector design, while good, was not as efficient as we wanted – it worked beautifully, but being the perfectionists that we are, we wanted to do even better.  We decided to slightly alter the shape of the end effector, which should allow it to secure the rings even better.


It is still a prototype, but the results so far have been promising.

Casey's New Toy

Today, we finally got the shipment of IR Sensors that we'd been waiting for, and the team is rightfully excited. Unfortunately, the only thing standing in the way of Casey and his new toy was the mandatory prototyping we do before sticking it on. So in lieu of being hounded to death by the general populace, I quickly drew us a simple mount for the sensor. It's not pretty,  but it gets Casey off my case and onto the computer, so I call that a win!