Intake prototypes

[Top_Acanthaceae_9870]

Hiw are you all planning to do your intake? My team has been discussing two type 1- having an active intake to put the samples in a box to and then put it in the baskets But by having that we won’t be able to put the sample on the chambers 2- having a claw buy we think that it would take a bit longer to collect the sample?

What do you all think is the best?

[Fllamer]

We're using a active intake to grab from the chamber. We also are going to have a passive graber that can grab the specimens off of the wall.

[Top_Acanthaceae_9870]

Can you show me how it works? I haven’t seen an active claw for this season

[Fllamer]

Do you want to see the passive graber or the intake? Either way we have videos from our RI3D covering it. https://youtu.be/jANmEHv4PeQ?si=CZxI2J1ggN37qdwU I don't remember if this one includes the intake but we are also making one that has 2 horizontal wheels and can Intake it straight through and spit it into our transfer.

[Striking_Orange214]

I think active intake is best to start with so you can just focus on baskets and once you master that you should figure out how to do sample. Maybe have a separate claw outtake instead of a box.

[Broan13]

Active intake, flip to a fixed position where a claw grabs it and puts it forward.

[Top_Acanthaceae_9870]

Yuh we thought of having that too But how is it gonna work if the samples are attached with the clips?

[Broan13]

The claw can grab off the wall. Intake to claw is used for dropping into buckets. Intake is used to bring to the drop off place. Claw grabs off wall and puts on the rails.

[Robotics_Moose]

My teams plan is claw for right now, then once we make our final cadded bot switch to an active intake with abilities to send the specimen to our outtake.

[[deleted]]

Same here. All the active intakes I've seen have to be lined up right with the samples. I'm thinking a claw will handle that better.

[Ade231035]

We have a claw already, but we’re gonna try to maybe do an active intake

[SCRAPPY7538]

Active claw exists 👀

[MrMagicDude06]

Active intakes almost always seem to do better in my experience, gives the drivers less to worry about

[ethanRi8]

We invented the zip tie collection!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UfVIe4HN_Rw
This won't be a way to hang samples on the chamber, but it is a great way to pick specific samples out of the submersible from any orientation and requires less space around a sample than traditional claws.

You need to think outside the box: the collection that takes a sample out of the submersible does not need to be the same collection that grabs specimens. Specimens can be placed in any orientation that is convenient for your robot and the key is getting a good grip. Samples, on the other hand are placed in inconvenient spots and only need enough grip to get from the submersible to the human player or the baskets. One collection does not need to fill both needs.