Chess-Playing Robot — GIANT RUNNING CHECKLIST

Work in Progress
This post is a running list of the things and systems I’m working on for the robot.

From Last Post

• Design and Prototype Plotter head
• Integrate to run on Raspberry Pi
• Draw something cool!
• Re-design and print permanent mountings for end stop switches
• Maybe add a joystick and arcade buttons?!? (YESSSS)

Motion

• Dual Y-axis stepper motors
• Pen-lift servo head
• Add cable-chain mounts + strain relief
  • Design own cable chain
  • Fix cable wrapper on X-Carriage
• E-stop via arcade buttons

Mechanical

• End Effector prototyping
  • Claw/arm?
  • 4-bar Linkage
  • Parallel gripper?
  • Classical Mechanism?
  • Mitch’s Crazy Tube Idea? (front runner)

Electronics & Sensors

• LR resonance experimentation (current front runner)
  • Resonator prototype
    • 103 cap
    • 104 cap
  • RX prototype
  • TX prototype
• Hall-effect sensors experimentation
  • Add hall-effect test board
  • Magnet scheme?
  • Bench-test
• RFID sensors experimentation
  • Add RFID test board
  • Bench-test
• ibutton experimentation (low priority)

Software

• Implement basic “pen up / pen down” G-code macros
• ROS2
  • Sim of motion envelope
    • Export of CAD to useable format
• Research integrating Stockfish move generator

Stretch Goals

• Camera-based calibration/piece ID
• “Do not fight the robot” kitten-proofing cover