Month

June 2017
27
Jun

Snapshot and Movie

The S.A.R.T Interface has two new highly requested features! Snapshots The snapshots feature allows the user to take a snapshot of the camera’s view at any point. The screenshot is then instantly downloaded to the connected client thanks to a simple PHP file. Movies The movie feature is slightly different. It runs the Motion command makemovie,...
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26
Jun

Robot Redesigns

After exams had concluded, I started working on modifying the current robot design to accommodate the concepts that Jack and Aaron came up with a few weeks ago. The modifications were: Shrink both sides of the robot chassis which reduced the overall length.  The length went from 251 to 226mm – the minimum amount of...
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11
Jun

NinjaFlex Flexes its Muscles

Today was the day where I got my hands on to the Ninja Flex that we bought a few weeks ago. As soon as I got it I put it on the Ultimaker and printed the test file Matthew had made for me a little while ago. The only print settings I had to change...
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04
Jun

Power Problems are in the Past

Last Thursday, Aaron, Ryan and I went to Jaycar to purchase some supplies, including heat shrink, switches, DC plugs, XT60 connectors and solder – all important parts in our new power delivery system! After some testing over the next couple of days, we put together these two circuits. The XT60 connects to a LiPo battery and...
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02
Jun

More 3D Printer news!

While talking to Mr. Crane, he asked how we are going to do the belt on the wheels. I said we could buy a belt and cut it to size and connect the ends – but this is the S.A.R.T, and that would be too easy. While buying more ABS for the Ultimaker, I thought...
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01
Jun

Prototype Printing Plans

After our redesign brainwave, Aaron and I immediately set about modifying our current prototype. Once we have everything in the robot, we can decide just how much length to shave off. Our current estimate is at least 2cm. The first step was to rip out the 3D printed standoffs. Once the NUC has been rotated,...
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