"I do not fear computers; I fear the lack of them", Isaac Asimaov

The name of our team comes from a character in Isaac Asimov's book "I Robot".

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Change in design

We had a setback last week. The ball shooter stressed the gear motors. I guess the warning not to drive the small gear with a large gear on the motor was more than just a "guideline". The last two meetings we recovered well. we went back to a couple variations of designs we had earlier centering on a catapult.

From Isaac's Little Lost Robot


This is the mechanism to tension the catapult.