Rebuilding

Hello once again,

It´s been a while since the last time, but we bring some good news! It has been going really well (for now).

Last post we had decided to dismantle our little friend. So we did, twice. It looks like it is strong enough to handle all the weight of the robot and the sensors. Since the cables were too small for our first solution we decided to move everything instead of just moving the crane. The cables will not be a problem anymore!

 This was our first attempt. We thought it would be better that the sector which rotates touched the floor, because it will give some support to the rotation base and support all the weight. In this one we put the rotating motor in the middle but was getting a bit loose. The connection between the base and the rotating base was not strong enough.

 So we dismantled it once again to build our latest version. It still touches the floor for the stability. But we changed the motor to the wheel. The wheel rotates better and stronger. It made it, also, possible to build a more sustainable connection with the base. With all the robot up on the rotation base we do not need to worry about the cables (for now).

Let's see where this solution takes us and hope this is the one! With the motor at the wheel the rotation base gains too much power for its current base. So we have to find a way to fix the base to the ground.