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.
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.
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.