Yaw System
Project Overview
This project was done when I worked as a mechanical engineer at IEEE: RAS Robomasters, where students build shooting combat robots for competition.
This was a fun project that taught me patience throughout the iterative deisgn process, while collaborating with different teams to ensure a successful integration process.
There were two main goals that our team wanted to achieve through this design.
1. Accomodate enough space for two shooters while preventing excessively added weights
2. Ensure easy access to internal electronic components without sacrificing system integrity
To achieve the first goal, we did calculations using the length of each barrel to find the minimum length required to accomodate both barrels.
Despite the calculations, we had to go through a bit of trial and error during the CAD drawing process, attributable to small components not being accounted for during the length measurment.
To achieve the second goal, we created a latch system that allows access to the circuit board and wires connected from the chassis to the barrels in case of failures. This latch system also took a lot of trial and error,
and it was especially tricky to find the ideal length of the door that would work perfectly with the latch components
Here is an isometric view of the whole system
Here is a closer look at the latch systems
In addition to these, I also worked on a small side project, which was to create a drivepod guard, which adds phsycial integrity of the bot during combat.
Here is a picture of the drivepod guard, which is above the orange suspension springs, in full assembly:
This project helped me gain more proficiency in SolidWorks, and introduced me to additive manufacturing and the integration process.