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Automatic Frisbee Launcher

Robotic Frisbee Launcher that aims for colored targets

jordan-rjaudJordan Réjaud
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This project was created on 09/26/2015 and last updated 6 years ago.

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Automatic Targeting Frisbee Launcher. This machine uses a camera to automatically aim for the colored target that you selected.

It uses a very powerful DC motor to induce linear and rotational motion of the frisbees and shoot them at the target.

A servo motor ostensibly pushed the little frisbees out of the frisbee containment tower (dirty tin coffee can) and towards the DC motor.

A planetary gear is used to line up the launcher horizontally and a linear actuator lines it up vertically.

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Jordan Réjaud wrote 09/28/2015 at 17:19 • point

Thanks, it tore off parts of the frisbee in early version haha, we had to done the power down a tad. The spinning disk attached to the motor and the quarter circle ramp which the frisbee goes down are both coated with a black rubber-esque material (to give the frisbee angular velocity), but the material also tore through earlier frisbees.

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zakqwy wrote 09/28/2015 at 13:43 • point

awesome! That is a beastly DC motor!

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