Instruction
Here are the contents of this section:
- Tracks
- Shortening the tracks
- Lengthening the tracks
- Step 1: Lay out the track extrusions
- Step 2: Attach the horizontal cable carrier supports
- Step 3: Attach a track end plate
- Step 4: Attach a track joining plate
- Step 5: Attach the first track extrusion
- Step 6: Attach the next extrusion
- Step 7: Attach the next track joining plate
- Step 8: Attach the second track end plate
- Step 9: Install the other track
- Step 10: Sand away bumps
- Gantry
- Assemble the Gantry Wheel Plates
- Step 1: Attach the upper V-wheels
- Step 2: Attach the lower V-wheels
- Step 3: Attach the nut bars
- Step 4: Repeat
- Step 5: Adjust the V-wheel spacing
- Construct the Gantry Structure
- Step 1: Attach the plates to the columns
- Step 2: Attach the gantry corner brackets
- Step 3: Slide onto the tracks
- Step 4: Assemble the main beam
- Step 5: Attach the cable carrier supports
- Step 6: Attach the main beam
- Step 7: Attach the x-axis cable carrier mount
- Attach the Drivetrain
- Step 1: Attach the gantry motors
- Step 2: Feed the belts
- Step 3: Secure the belts
- Step 4: Equalize the gantry
- Cross-Slide
- Z-Axis
- Step 1: Attach the stepper motor to the Z-axis motor mount
- Step 2: Attach the motor mount to the Z-axis extrusion
- Step 3: Attach the shaft coupling
- Step 4: Attach three cable carrier supports
- Step 5: Attach the vacuum pump cover
- Step 6: Attach the vacuum pump
- Step 7: Attach one more cable carrier support
- Step 8: Attach the z-axis to the cross-slide
- Step 9: Install the hardstops
- Step 10: Add the vertical motor housing (optional)
- Cables and Tubing
- Cable carrier reference
- Motor and encoder cable reference
- Z-Axis Cable Carrier
- Step 1: Prepare the cable carrier
- Step 2: Orient the cable carrier
- Step 3: Lay everything into the cable carrier
- Step 4: Snap in some tabs
- Step 5: Mount the cable carrier
- Step 6: Connect the z-axis motor and encoder
- Step 7: Add the vertical motor housing
- Step 8: Snap in the remaining tabs
- Y-Axis Cable Carrier
- Step 1: Prepare the cable carrier
- Step 2: Orient the cable carrier
- Step 3: Add the y-axis motor and encoder cables
- Step 4: Connect the tubing
- Step 5: Connect the cabling
- Step 6: Lay everything into the cable carrier
- Step 7: Snap in some tabs
- Step 8: Mount the cable carrier
- Step 9: Snap in the remaining tabs
- Step 10: Connect the y-axis motor and encoder
- X-Axis Cable Carrier
- Step 1: Prepare the cable carrier
- Step 2: Orient the cable carrier
- Step 3: Lay everything into the cable carrier
- Step 4: Snap in some tabs
- Step 5: Mount the cable carrier to the gantry
- Step 6: Mount the cable carrier to the tracks
- Step 7: Snap in the remaining tabs
- X-Axis Motors
- Step 1: Connect the X1 motor and encoder cables
- Step 2: Connect the X2 motor and encoder cables
- Lighting
- Install the light strip
- Tools
- Universal Tool Mount
- Pin mapping
- Step 1: Install the UTM onto the Z-axis
- Step 2: Connect the UTM Cable
- Step 3: Connect the Water Tube
- Camera
- Step 1: Attach the camera to the z-axis
- Seeder
- Step 1: Selecting a luer lock needle
- Step 2: Connect the vacuum tubes and filter
- Step 3: Wire up the vacuum pump
- Step 4: Attach the seed trough holder
- Step 5: Understanding the seed containers
- Seed bins
- Seed trays
- Seed troughs
- Watering Nozzle
- Step 1: Assemble the solenoid valve and pressure regulator
- Step 2: Attach the solenoid valve
- Step 3: Wire up the solenoid valve
- Step 4: Connect the tubing
- Step 5: Connect AgriBot to the water source
- Rotary Tool
- Safety considerations
- Changing the motor angle
- Using the shaft extension
- Using the drill chuck
- Weeder
- Customizing the weeder
- Soil Sensor
- Toolbays
- Step 1: Attach a toolbay to the supporting infrastructure
- Step 2: Repeat for the second toolbay
- Step 3: Insert the tools
- Electronics
- Step 1: Attach the electronics box to the gantry
- Step 2: Connect the peripherals
- Step 3: Plug in the stepper motors and rotary encoders
- Step 4: Plug in the camera
- Step 5: Plug in the UTM cable
- Step 6: Plug the power supply into the Agriduino
- Step 7: Insert the supergland
- Step 8: Install AgriBot OS onto the microSD card
- Step 9: Mount the power supply
- Step 10: Plug in the power supply
- Final Steps