CATS is an open source automated pneumatic tube system developed for the Computer Science House at RIT.

A pneumatic tube system (come on, there was a Wikipedia link like 1 sentence ago!) is a series of tubes that can move physical packages around using a vacuum. These packages must match certain dimensions to be able to move through the tubes.

Walk up to one of the endpoints of the system, grab an empty capsule and put something inside of it, press the button for where you want it to go, wait for the LED to say the system is ready, put the capsule in the tube.

Inspired by and based on the c3 Seidenstrasse that I saw in operation at 32c3, with some improvements.

Uhh, because it's cool? Also once this exists building services on top of it would be cool projects for other members (like drink integration).

This repo is comprised of instructions for how to build the system, operator's notes for for maintaining and running this system, 3D models to be printed that are used in building the system, code that runs on arduinos, and a parts list used to build the system.

Incomplete. Come back later.