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Brainstormings and Musings
We spent a a few meetings brainstorming our ideas for the perfect robot. Some of the the features we came up with but moved past are shown below.
original Bot design
initially we had planned to create a square bot
edges could lead to getting stuck in corners so we opted for a more curvy design
a button pusher was also originally part of our design
divided ramp
ramp with sweeper
allows allotting of different amounts of coins to different exchanges
"garage door" that allows each side of ramp to emptied individually
button pusher concept
busher pusher concept with dual arms to hit button with double action actuation
could be run by servo moving in a fixed range of angular motion
weren't sure if it would provide enough force