Understanding the Workcell Hardware
In this Lab, more hardware was added to the Workcell in order to add different conveyor belts. There are three different conveyor belts as well as a diverter added to the Workcell. The names of these additions are the following:
- Entry Conveyor Belt: entry point for disk.
- Transport Conveyor Belt: transports the disk around the belt toward the exit.
- Diverter: diverts the disk from the Transport Conveyor Belt onto the Exit Conveyor Belt.
- Exit Conveyor Belt: discards the disk off of the Workcell.
The diverter and the conveyor belts are used to transport disks. In this activity, you will transport two disks, a red disk and a green disk.
The red disk, acting as a faulty package or product, will begin at the Entry Conveyor, travel through the Transport Conveyor, and be diverted off to the Exit Conveyor.
The green disk, acting as an acceptable package or product, will begin at the Entry Conveyor, travel through the Transport Conveyor, pass the Diverter to continue on the Transport Conveyor, and then stop in front of the arm mounted on the VEX V5 Workcell.
