Prototyping

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Prototyping

Posted on Jan 27, 2009 04:21:33 PM | Karen Hanner | 50 Comments

By Sarra Hilali

So the prototyping begins for the Two Face Titan…
In regards to the rollers that are supposed to be in the bottom part of the robot we identified that it would be more efficient to have one roller rather than two. We reconnected the old robot from the 2006 FIRST game and found out that the second roller does not help bring in or ‘spit’ out balls that rather one roller works just as well.
We’ve done much prototyping with the top hopper, experimenting with a rough wooden model that is slightly smaller in size compared to the actual size it’s supposed to be. On the inside width of the box we attached a slanted piece of plywood on each side this way when you throw balls into the hopper they sort of roll into the middle; then we can control them more. This slanted side also provides that the length of the front is two balls wide rather than four. By having the width only two balls wide when the balls are ‘dumped’ into the trailer they supposedly all go in rather than having balls flop out around the trailer. There has also been another suggestion of using polycarb and bending it into a sort of half sphere shape, like a scoop as the top hopper. It has also been brought up that we may not use a door to let the balls out rather have a roller to shoot the balls out.

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50 On Dec 15, 2009 03:43:33 PM guest wrote:

I also hope you can make a great robot! :)

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49 On Dec 15, 2009 02:47:37 AM onlygrace wrote:

I support you on this project. Hope you can make a very usefull robot.

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48 On Dec 15, 2009 12:00:18 AM Training wrote:

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47 On Dec 14, 2009 07:47:48 PM Nyubi Herlino wrote:

interesting post, Sarra! Hope you can make the good one for NASA!
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46 On Dec 13, 2009 09:25:51 AM richhcum wrote:

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45 On Dec 11, 2009 09:10:22 AM Amir Shkolnik wrote:

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42 On Dec 06, 2009 01:45:12 PM guest wrote:

Thanks for prototyping info. I find it more interesting that universities across the country now have Kindle and Kindle DX units available for checkout, with Kindles pre-loaded with a selection of popular reading on a broad range of topics specific to the particular library from which they are checked out. Textbooks are next.

Wonder when NASA will buy kindle?

41 On Dec 06, 2009 01:40:45 PM Ngajak Ngakak wrote:

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40 On Dec 06, 2009 01:25:42 PM Maria wrote:

Yes your idea sounds good..Its quite cool..
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39 On Dec 06, 2009 09:14:46 AM Webmasters Life wrote:

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38 On Dec 05, 2009 10:36:43 AM nina wrote:

good work on prototyping. hope we can see your success in the next experiment.
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37 On Dec 05, 2009 09:11:12 AM nx wrote:

Thanks from spain.
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36 On Dec 05, 2009 06:32:40 AM popman wrote:

when we will get to see the final prototype, maybe you can create any video to us, and share with youtube or other way

We will wait that
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35 On Dec 04, 2009 03:52:47 AM guest wrote:

Thanks a lot. Keep your work :D

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34 On Dec 04, 2009 12:34:36 AM sherwood realtor wrote:

Playing with robots is cool - more so with the new generation super intelligent chaps. I am surprised at what these gizmos have come to do now.
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33 On Dec 01, 2009 10:50:03 PM guest wrote:

Very interesting. How long will it take to build?

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30 On Nov 22, 2009 03:07:35 AM stopsmokinghelp wrote:

It would be nice if we could get to see the final prototype.
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29 On Nov 21, 2009 10:19:55 AM guest wrote:

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28 On Nov 21, 2009 08:03:28 AM Martin Fister wrote:

Interesting, I would have thought the second roller would have helped pull the balls in. Overall, it's cool seeing all the progress you made in such a short period, and how much success you had as a result!

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27 On Nov 09, 2009 10:21:47 PM kacrut wrote:

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21 On Nov 08, 2009 09:04:07 PM guest wrote:

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20 On Nov 06, 2009 02:17:19 PM Arie wrote:

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19 On Nov 05, 2009 05:32:34 PM Leigh Hunter wrote:

Can you show us a picture of this robot? Is it slated for a future space mission? I read that other earth-based products have been adapted to help astronauts while in space.

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18 On Nov 05, 2009 05:24:19 PM Anna wrote:

That sounds pretty interesting, I wonder how the polycarb bending would go?

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17 On Nov 05, 2009 05:24:14 PM Amy Waterman wrote:

I agree a roller to shoot the balls out would be much better. It would be great if you could add pics to your explanations of your blog posts, but if not no problem as I find them interesting anyway.

Keep up the good work!

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16 On Oct 24, 2009 12:07:11 AM guest wrote:

I'm very interested to see the results you guys come up with. Hard work pays off!

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15 On Oct 24, 2009 12:04:41 AM guest wrote:

Nice Post,

This is an awesome way for kids to develop an interest in robotics and science. I wish you the best!

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14 On Oct 10, 2009 08:37:08 PM guest wrote:

Great blog! Love to learn about Two Face Titan. This is why I love Google!

13 On Oct 07, 2009 10:47:37 PM guest wrote:

Can you show us a picture of this robot? Is it slated for a future space mission? I read that other earth-based products have been adapted to help astronauts while in space. For example the
Noblerex K1 and the Noblerex which are whole body vibration machines designed for weight loss and physical fitness are being used by the space crews to stay in shape. What an awesome adaptation by NASA!

12 On Oct 05, 2009 07:15:59 PM Pad wrote:

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11 On Oct 02, 2009 08:12:29 PM guest wrote:

Very interesting info!
The Two Face Titan project sounds exciting is there more information available?
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9 On Sep 03, 2009 12:31:27 AM Reviewer wrote:

This sounds very interesting are there any pictures or videos of the robot.

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8 On Aug 31, 2009 10:10:28 PM John Mish wrote:

Thanks for sharing this information. I found it very informative as I have been researching a lot lately on practical matters such as you talk about...

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7 On Aug 31, 2009 01:28:00 AM Glenn wrote:

This is a fantastic project but we get little news in Australia. What is the latest with Titan?
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6 On Jul 31, 2009 11:28:35 PM BN wrote:

That's great progress on the Two Face Titan prototyping and hope the project is a success.
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5 On May 07, 2009 05:07:06 PM jim wrote:

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4 On Apr 25, 2009 10:46:36 AM guest wrote:

This sounds interesting...please keep us posted.

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3 On Apr 21, 2009 05:43:18 AM Will wrote:

Great design solution maybe you could post more of your work arounds for problems you faced.
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2 On Apr 12, 2009 06:01:59 PM guest wrote:

congrats to FIRST Robotics Team 1868

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1 On Jan 27, 2009 05:57:19 PM John wrote:

NASA technology fascinates me. So what is the mission of this robot? A picture of this robot would be really cool. I think it would be really cool to listen audio books about how nasa engineer these kind of devices. I wish we had a more general idea of what new technology NASA is coming out with.

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