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FIRST Robot - Week 6

Week six is not really a week - more of ...

Week six is not really a week - more of a culture - in FIRST Robotics. It is when things start coming together, falling apart, and then coming together again. It's always a lot of work and late nights in the shop, but also always a lot of fun.Here is Team 97's robot, almost finished, as of Tuesday night.More info on the competition: http://www.usfirst.orgMore info on the team: http://web.mit.edu/first/www

FIRST Team 97 - Week 4 (Forklift)

Here's a quick video of FRC Team 97's forklift concept, ...

Here's a quick video of FRC Team 97's forklift concept, being manually operated for now. The end effector has yet to be mounted.More about the competition and this year's game:http://www.usfirst.orgMore about Team 97:http://web.mit.edu/first/www

FIRST Team 97 - Week 4 (Driving!)

Just passing through the halfway point of the build season ...

Just passing through the halfway point of the build season now, FIRST Robotics Team 97 has a driving base. The base uses mecanum wheels with rollers at 45-degree angles to drive both translation and rotational motion independently. A gyroscopic sensor stabilizes the control.For more info about the competition, visit: http://www.usfirst.orgFor more info about the team, visit: http://web.mit.edu/first/www

FRC 97's New Sport

Tape measure jousting, courtesty of FIRST Robotics Team 97. Also ...

Tape measure jousting, courtesty of FIRST Robotics Team 97. Also a teaser for our 2008 season robot. More info about the competition: http://www.usfirst.orgMore info about the team: http://web.mit.edu/first/www

FIRST Robot - Week 3

The mecanum wheels are on now. Rollers at 45-degree angles ...

The mecanum wheels are on now. Rollers at 45-degree angles to the wheels themselves allow the platform to move in any direction, including sideways and diagonally. We hope to have some driving video by the weekend.For more information about the FIRST Robotics Competition, including this year's challenge description, visit: http://www.usfirst.org.

FIRST Robot - Week 2 Progress

No wheels yet, but the frame and motor mounting looks ...

No wheels yet, but the frame and motor mounting looks solid. Going for a fancy mecanum drive system this year. (Something like: http://www.airtrax.com.)

New Toy

watch a remote controlled car drive around a lab.

2.12: Intro to Robotics - 1

2.12 is a Mechanical Engineering elective during which students make ...

2.12 is a Mechanical Engineering elective during which students make robotic mechanisms to accomplish a given task. This year, we have to pick up radioactive waste (i.e. glowsticks) from a nuclear reactor (i.e. tank of water). Our design utilizes a two-axis rack and pinion system, which we demonstrate by creating artwork (i.e. drawing a circle and a figure eight).

Mousetrap High Speed Video

A mousetrap snapping on a piece of sidewalk chalk at ...

A mousetrap snapping on a piece of sidewalk chalk at 1,000 FPS.

2.009: Coffee Bean Sorter - Testing 3 (Combined Beans)

2.009 is a senior Product Design class in Mechanical Engineering. ...

2.009 is a senior Product Design class in Mechanical Engineering. The "Orange Team" is testing different methods for sorting coffee beans, including a fan-driven winnowing system. This is 800 FPS video of both good and bad beans traveling through the stream of air. Sorting does occur, but it is a "noisy" process.