OTvinta Cube Solver Application - Project Day 5 (success at last)

WIP -

• Finally I am able to control the robot from the Maestro Control board. Ran the program I wrote for more than 15 minutes without any problem. - new power supply set at 6.5v 3A; grind out the tips of the grip to make it smooth in order to prevent it from catching the cube (I believe this was due to the 3D printed grip getting distorted slightly over time since it was printed more than a year ago)

• With the mechanical portion of the robot working as it should, I’ve ordered the replacement camera as recommended by the OTvinta. The new camera supposedly eliminates most of the problem that the previous version of the camera had. ETA for the camera is Feb 2020.

• I am closing this phase of the project until the camera arrives next month. On the mean time, we can print the new 3D parts to house the new camera. Also, I will be exploring the EZ Builder software with the Cube Solver plug in that is designed to work with our robot.

Status as of June 2020 - getting ready to continue with the project; some research items below (alternate control for the robot)

• https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3807805

• https://github.com/bakudr18/RubiksCubeRobot

• http://www.86duino.com/?p=19296&lang=TW

• http://blog.zok.pw/hacking/2016/08/12/meccano-rubiks-shrine/

• https://github.com/muodov/kociemba

• https://maixpy.sipeed.com/en/

• http://www.86duino.com/?page_id=2844