The Broomba is Born!
Today we met up to discuss the mechanical aspect of our sweet sweeper robot, which we have named the Broomba. Our initial idea was to have a remote-controlled robot with the broom on the front to push around dirt. The broom in the front would also maybe move back and forth, controlled by a motor. Today we refined our idea to make a more efficient robot.
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| The Initial Idea |
We decided to change the broom from a push broom to a circular spinning brush. The brush would be connected to a motor which would make it rotate, which would collect the dust and push it into a dust pan that was located between the brush and the chassis.
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| A few notes on the design |
The brush is going to be attached to the chassis of our robot with 3-D printed and laser-cut pieces. The chassis has different holes in different sections of it, so a custom-printed part will be needed in order to securely attach it.
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We also toyed with the idea of different attachments for our Broomba, like a scrubber that shoots water, or a Swiffer attachment. Possible Swiffer funding??? ;)
Disclaimer: We are not electrical engineers.
