Foam Flinging Turret

The Project

This is a "Foam Flinging Turret Toy." It holds 12 foam balls which can be shot out in multiple directions. It is remote-controlled by a computer (wired for better connection but blue tooth connection is possible) and uses a Microcontroller (MegaPi Pro) to run. We chose this one because of its operating voltage and its H-Bridge modules. Other than that we used broken toys, Arduino-type robotics kits, and lots of cardboard.

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Team Comments

My brother and I wanted to learn about each other's skills in programming and robotics. So we decided to work on this project because it seemed like an achievable goal and I had recently harvested some parts from some broken toys we had. We did it so we could bond over common interests.

We had a very hard time figuring out how to get the project to turn, we ran through a few ideas but they all would have gotten the wires tangled up. So we came up with the idea to use a pulley system. It allowed a limit on the range that it rotates without the chance of breaking the motor.

We would probably add a separate remote control independent of a computer. Another thing we would want is a better pully system for the turning of the turret. We would also want to code it in Arduino C or Python-Circuit so we could have better control over the motors and be able to use an app.