We've completed our machine and tested her in battle against our peers. The following are some pictures of our completed systems. A big thanks goes out to the ME250 staff (especially GSIs) for all their advice and votes of confidence, and Bob and John for their knowledge and help in the shop.
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| The mobile collection unit in foreground and the slot jammer resting in the back. |
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| The last thing pong and squash balls see before collection! |
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| The sliding hopper door utilizes a rack and pinion gearing system, with a guard over the motor and gearing. |
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| Our undeployed slot jamming device (resting on it side). You can see the rubber-tipped swingarm which allows us to score slot balls, and the spring-loaded launcher for the main jammer. Also the aluminum pads which allow the mobile bot to park on top of the system counteracting produced during deployment can be see on the outer housing. |
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This is the slot jammer dfeployed position. It forces the slot open while a gap in the plastic allows for the scoring of multiple pong balls by the swingarm component.
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| Another shot of the deployed jammer. |
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A table-top view of the deployed jammer. Jamming the flipper and scoring pong balls is a 100% repeatable operation
(what whaaaattttt). |
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| A closer look at the ball collection system. |
While Im On Top did not progress to the final round of the SlotBotII competition, the system recieved the "Most Complicated Design" award. While we understand this is a mixed statement, this recognition vindicates the hours of hard, excellence-dedicated work put forth by our four-man crew!
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