Series: Battery & Camera Mounts

The current battery and camera mounts frequently broke during competition, as the 3D printed mounts were put under a large weight continuously. The battery mounts in particular were prone to failure as they would be jostled around when we replaced the battery. In fact, during competition, we had to ask another team to print us …

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The main point of failure on the front DepthAI camera mount was the interface between the ring and the frame mount. We ended up molding these two together into a single mount for a more structurally sound design.

The main point of failure here was also the interface between the ring and the frame mount. However, because we require the rings to be able to rotate when replacing the battery, we were unable to mold these into a single mount. However, we were still able to make several improvements. First, we made the …

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This mount is adapted from the battery mount, but because the camera is static, we were able to merge the ring and frame mount like with the forwards-facing camera mount. This attaches to the bottom of the battery mount and locks both prints in place.