Team Shadow: Ferrovore

[Danny B]

An autonomous srimech! It's never been done before as far as I'm aware, we could be the first to do it.
The plan is to install a tilt switch in the robot, and if the onboard IC chip detects that it has been upside down for 2 continuous seconds, it will send a timed pulse to a DPDT relay to extend the srimech actuator. At the end of the timed pulse, the relay defaults to reverse and the actuator retracts until it hits its limit switch. (Program is in the photo below)

Meanwhile, the box section for the bottom jaw has now been cut and drilled, should be getting that welded together. Slight change of plan has been to extend the bottom jaw almost the whole length of the bot, so it can act as a reinforcing 'spine'. Now that all the large components have been measured, there's enough information to plan out exactly how they will be laid out inside. (See below)