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A project log for Flipario

My 1st flipper(4th robot) antweight utilizing an interesting mechanism

adityaprakash23AdityaPrakash23 11/26/2023 at 15:520 Comments

Soooooooo, following the completion of my previous robot, I wanted to build a new robot. One of the places to look for inspiration I like is youtube. After going through some videos, I found Thang's +/- 90deg flip mechanism. This made an idea click in my head and I was off to the races! I first started by testing the mechanism for my used case by building link chains in Fusion360. After that I started with the CAD for the robot. The base plate required some work with the drive motor mounts but this work will make work easier in future projects. I built features of the chassis base in different sketches. After some tinkering and playing around with my servo options, I started working on the chassis shell. This was even more difficult as this was my first time utilizing the shell feature. Following that, I cascaded down to a couple more sketches to separately build up the flipper mechanism. After hours of CAD work, I was satisfied with the design and sent it for 3D printing. In terms of the electronics, I need to only do some soldering work and implement a new 2S higher torque and quicker servo. At the moment, the electronics are ready and will be installed once the parts are ready in the next few days. I will be making project logs for each of them to explain them a bit more.

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