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The hopper saga, shaking some skittles

A project log for YASSM - Yet Another Skittles Sorting Machine

A single servo skittles sorting machine.

gustavo-laureanoGustavo Laureano 08/14/2023 at 17:550 Comments

As you already know from my previous update my focus is now in developing a Skittles hopper that doesn't jam, after some thinking about how hard would it be to transfer the movement from the disc to inside the hopper (my main design goal is to only use 1 motor, remember?)  I came to the conclusion that it is easier to use a servo with extended angle range (270 degrees of movement), using the 1/4 of turn behind the color sensor as "stirring" zone, so I installed this servo:

Which goes well with this new Hopper design, giving maximum contact between the disc and the Skittles:

Additionally, to make the most of my new range, I also added some "shaking" action to the "fetching" part, hopping that it would always loose the Skittles:

Although better, as can be seen in the video above, it is still jamming too many times and not allowing us to process an entire container, but I feel we made progress, so I will explore more in this direction...

If you have any ideas please write it here :)

That's all for now, see you next time!
Cheers 

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