Robot School machine is coming along well. The criteria for the whiffle ball collector were: sturdy, safe, actually works, and amusing. I think they've nailed it.
We will convert the wooden parts of the prototype to metal in the next couple of sessions, and add the control systems and drive motor.
Here's something else fun. The high school team has a new cnc router. The learning curve has involved starting with easy stuff...and working on up. Plywood to soft plastic to 1/8 inch aluminum and now the big challenge....making a part out of quarter inch aluminum.
Noisy, and you have to work with a degree of caution, but this is "in house" capacity we've never had before.
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