BarBot/Meetings/Thu 2014-07-31

BarBot Meeting 2014-07-31

Attendees: Dan S, Mouse, Ian D, Ed Raisin Agenda: Hacking

Note: Ed is going to be away from next week until the 17th August

Activity

• Assembled bot in dusty area (flattest bench we could find), mounted rail
• We put all the dispensers in place and went through all the items to do for each one (see list below)
• See progress pics here
• Dominic offered to see if Kitronix would be interested in sponsoring the project by providing mirrored acrylic, Mouse emailed reminder and latest pics.

Outstanding tasks by dispenser / area

Optics

• Mount servos
• Drill hole for limit switch wires / route wires
• Acquire mirror perspex and mount on front (moar mirrors!)

Pressurised dispensers

• Tidy up mounting board, trim ends, & mount on front box
• Saw holes in top ply for bottles
• Possibly lasercut trim around bottle holes
• Attach unattached servo ties
• Add splash-reducing down tubes if necessary

Dashers

• Mount on box
• Cut hole in top ply for pump box to by partly dropped into (top with access will still be accessible)
• Acquire long bolt to make dispenser heads protrude far enough to hit middle of glass
• Mount bottles

Lemon/Lime slice dispenser

• Mount
• Possibly add different shaped end for more reliable dropping

Conveyor

• Mount it

Syringe

• Anti drip mechanism (valve?)
• Test with actual grenadine (might need to adjust PWM levele to reliably pump more viscous fluid)
• Find out what is going all nar nar in there, and clean it out
• Fix possible jamming problem

Guttering

• Mount
• Figure out where the bucket will go and how to attach the down pipe

Other tasks

• Cut hole in front box ply for platform control wires to go through
• Add bling!
• Emergency stop button
• Get sterilising fluid and clean everything
• Organise the fundraiser party
• Work out how to pack / transport it!