2019 Destination Deep Space Robot "Nagini"
Drivetrain
- Six Colson wheel West Coast DriveTrain
- Powered by six NEO Brushless Motors
- Single speed custom gearbox ~14ft/s
Features
- Seven foot, four-axis arm
- Arm powered by a single NEO brushless motor on each axis
- Arm can reach full height in two seconds
- Uses the arm and 2 "stilts" to climb onto level 3 HAB
- Double sided "Wrist" on the arm, one side dedicated to cargo manipulation, the other dedicated to hatch manipulation
- 2 Cameras connected to a Raspberry PI, to aid driver vision
- Built to handle driving off the level-2 HAB platform during sandstorm
- Hatch mechanism spring loaded and will latch onto a hatch panel through mechanical needs only. No need for drivers to "grab" the hatch panel via a command.
- Cargo claw has angled free spinning wheels to automatically center the ball in the claw
Other Information
- Autonomous modes still in development - stay tuned!
Interesting Facts
- Uses the 360 LIDAR to detect many field elements such as; cargo, the
rocket, the human feeder station and the the cargo ship
Successes
- Finalists at both Waterloo and North Bay
- Won the Industrial Design award for the first time at North Bay
- Semi-finalist in the Technology division of the Ontario District Championship
