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* HackADay links to check out [http://hackaday.com/tag/bartender/ here] | * HackADay links to check out [http://hackaday.com/tag/bartender/ here] | ||
* A barbot is essentially a vending machine, mine vending machines for mechanisms & ideas. | * A barbot is essentially a vending machine, mine vending machines for mechanisms & ideas. | ||
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==Roberts Working Idea== | ==Roberts Working Idea== | ||
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* Lots of sensors for fully closed loop control | * Lots of sensors for fully closed loop control | ||
* See [http://interactive.blockdiag.com/?compression=deflate&src=eJxtjs0KgkAYRfc9xWXWCbWuXKRQgkWkrcTFqGN-OMzIjK6id0-TfhCX93C4nEzqvC6I3_FYALheCI6LKDdCKCSSZ0JiB3b0TwFLNx9l6yDWXV7ZqXeL9hONaor79zmFeV2DUPNCGLYcl8eN7qyQw44aMtR-UbJK5-h6pLps4RtSNXyyjVB2_Dxwo8hWf7CPct9xv6IwOA9FzxfRqVEK here] for block diagram | * See [http://interactive.blockdiag.com/?compression=deflate&src=eJxtjs0KgkAYRfc9xWXWCbWuXKRQgkWkrcTFqGN-OMzIjK6id0-TfhCX93C4nEzqvC6I3_FYALheCI6LKDdCKCSSZ0JiB3b0TwFLNx9l6yDWXV7ZqXeL9hONaor79zmFeV2DUPNCGLYcl8eN7qyQw44aMtR-UbJK5-h6pLps4RtSNXyyjVB2_Dxwo8hWf7CPct9xv6IwOA9FzxfRqVEK here] for block diagram | ||
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| + | ==Mat's Working Idea== | ||
| + | Start with the rails and carriage, let it grow from there | ||
| + | * Rail specification: | ||
| + | ** Carriages are independently powered so we can have 2+ and they can move independently | ||
| + | ** Rail should be cheap and quick to make | ||
| + | ** Monorails are cool | ||
| + | ** Rail system should support switches(points)/overtaking/corners/loops and be small, light and cheap | ||
Latest revision as of 23:38, 11 October 2014
We want to create a BarBot.
Contents
Initial Goals
- 6 Optivends for alcoholic drinks
- 6 dispensers for soft drinks
- 6 dispensers for misc items (olives cherries, umbrellas, etc...)
- High through put with multiple drinks simultaneously
Target Cocktails
- Gin & Tonic
- Gin
- Tonic
- White Russian
- Cream
- Vodka
- Kahula
- Ice
- Margarita
- tequila
- line
- triple sec
- salt rim
- Mojito
- Lime
- Mint Leaves
- Sugar
- ice
- white rum
- soda water
ToDo
- Block diagram
- Decide on a budget
- Make a makespace community project
Idea Scratchpad
- Force sensitive resistors for glass detection & liquid quantity
- Carriages with scissor lifts to activate Optivends (and thus everything else)
- Circular track/path to automatically reuse a carriage.
- Ways of bypassing unused dispensers to allow for drinks leapfrogging.
- Raspberry Pi for main controller, Arduino-likes for carriages
- 3D print our own peristaltic pumps?
- HackADay links to check out here
- A barbot is essentially a vending machine, mine vending machines for mechanisms & ideas.
- Drill chuck like cup grabber
Roberts Working Idea
- Standardised glasses, like these or these.
- Glasses are loaded in corner as a stack of 20 in a column
- Glasses travel on a large carousel
- Mini-carousels for spirits, lever mechanism to operate Optics
- Peristaltic pumps for soft drinks
- Hoppers and screws for garnishes
- Fits in a transparent ~1 meter cube, interesting things to see from all 4 sides.
- Use a RPi for management, connected to a touch screen for order taking and an RFID reader (TikiTag?) for customer tracking
- Use LIN or CAN bus nodes for modular management; a node for cup carousel, a node for a spirit carousel etc...
- Freescale KL05 FRDM boards for each node, a specialised shield to tailor the node for it's role.
- LIN Spec here.
- Lots of sensors for fully closed loop control
- See here for block diagram
Mat's Working Idea
Start with the rails and carriage, let it grow from there
- Rail specification:
- Carriages are independently powered so we can have 2+ and they can move independently
- Rail should be cheap and quick to make
- Monorails are cool
- Rail system should support switches(points)/overtaking/corners/loops and be small, light and cheap
