Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Test for file sharing site

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The link below shows a forum and file sharing site set up for online collaboration in the Mascot project. Try it out and provide your opinio...
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Telescoping Lift

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telescoping lift Here is a Paint-hacked drawing of the telescoping lift I was talking about. This one uses 1/2" aluminum angle and goes...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

New Frame

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new frame Well after a long "quiet" period in the mascot activities, we've begun to make some new changes to the design. On th...

Slide Actuation for Height

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accuride 3601 - 28 During the discussion about gaining height and adding "transformer" style unfolding, Dale Heatherington mention...

Base with 3601 slide

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base with slide This image shows the base with the slide extended. It reaches 69" tall. All of the extension would not be available aft...

3601 Slide Closed

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3601 slide closed The size of the closed bot with the new slide bothered me some. The bounding box shows the total envelope as 9x28x22. Woul...

Max Headroom

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maximum space for head When the bounding box is added to the extended slide, and shortened to fit around the motors when closed, the image a...

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model / sketch overlay This is a crude overlay example from the sketches we created earlier. This provides some visual cues to help visualis...
Monday, July 25, 2005

"I don't have a pen"

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Finally I have a chance to pick back up on the Mascot Project. I'll start where we left off by publishing the sketch exercise we did las...

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This one uses parts from several sketches.

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This sketch is specific about components, call-outs are a good thing. The anthropomorphic "face" in un-mistakable.

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The oval head and the square eye band are a cool look. And there's the ubiquitous R2D2 format again.

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This sketch had two contributors. This is a fine example of sharing ideas via the community sketch concept. I have entertained the scissor-l...

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On first glance, this one can seem to be bullet shaped, but the cone is a collection of leader lines pointing to motor locations. It can loo...

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I was impressed with the idea of the top part unfolding from a cylinder. Puppetry arts is given credit on this one.
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This one seems to have a tank tread platform with actuated links to extend the body. The head is a bit like a cockpit with wind screen. I ge...

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The balancing idea definitely fits for criteria #3, "show off". I'ld put holographic projection in the same category. The R2D2...

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This one shows a unique pentagon plan view. The notes suggested a solar panel which I think represents just the kind of redundency, complexi...

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More articulaton is shown here between two box shaped body parts.

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This one seems to have a tubular framework and folding outrigger wheels. Reminds me of the " shrimp " locomotion bot. I've bee...

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This member clearly wants a battlebot mascot. I believe the intent to do a demonstration robot would preclude destroying it at every present...
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This one gets the award for ambition. I would love to see a pogo stick design made locally. With the cheap accelerometers and gyros availabl...

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The gripper is clearly defined on this sketch. Autonomous grippers are out there, but beyond my skill level. A gripper that's remote con...
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Sunday, February 27, 2005

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StarWars robot design is somewhat "Dog-Like" Keith Rowell Design
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February Meeting Update

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The mascot section of the February Club meeting brought some good feedback. 1. Motor Mount The motor mount design was discussed. The virtues...
Sunday, February 06, 2005

GearBox / Motor Mount Design for Folding Frame

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motor mount Keith Rowell Design I've worked up some motor mounts based on the discussion in the January meeting. (held in Feb.) T...

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motor mount front Keith Rowell Design The basics of this motor mount design are that the top is a clamp that compresses the frame...

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motor mount side Keith Rowell Design We of course are looking for volunteers to build this part. There are two of them, identical excep...
Monday, January 24, 2005

Casters

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Casters Keith Rowell Design I found these cool double wheeled casters in a thrift store for $6. Any of you with children will recogni...

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Small space Keith Rowell Design I'm fascinated by the way this thing folds up. It's quite complex.

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Articulation Festival Keith Rowell Design