We Have a Prototype!
The day has come! We have a physical prototype!
It's a physical thing! After many months of planning and working, we have a physical system to muck around with! There's still a lot of work to do be done (controlling the motors, sequencing algorithms, testing the motors and sensors, fixing tolerancing issues...the list goes on), but it's exciting to see our machine come to life.
Below are some pictures of us building the prototype, as well as a short video showing i2c communications between the raspberry pi and the arduino uno driving the bucket tree motor!