Mars Rocks
I would like to make a better web-presents for the two builds I was involved with recently, but for now, for the sake of having pictures available, here is one of them.
Mars Rocks competition, the Claw. It won the “Shock and Awe” award. I just made that up. It woulda won first overall if ___________! But that’s what all the losers say. Achiles, our other build, did win first overall. Those pictures are soon to come.
Shows motor controller board and ugly welded piece
Side shot
That welded metal piece towards the front was added for ballast. It had to go over obstacles, and in order for it to lean forward and go over them, it needed some weight up front. It is the only part on the build that doesn’t fall within 10/1000 inch specifications. and its ugly. We took it off after finishing the competition, works fine without it. The point of the bot is to grab rocks, put them in the hopper, transport them to a target area, and drop them there. video soon.