Today the team was working on many different jobs. Tyler and I were working on making the second pick up system for the robot. We had to first cut the length so all of the pieces matched. Then we had to tap threads into the end so we could put bolts in the end to attach it …
Today Mike, Jeremiah, and Matthew Plamowski worked to remount the ball lifter and to mount the pneumatics and motors for the chassis. Matthew Shaffer was working on putting together a gear box. Hannah and I made mounts for the turret. Tyler, Jeremy, and Zach were all making wheels for the launcher. And Jessica made CAKE! …
Not a lot of team members showed up today. But non the less, a lot of work got done. In the mechanical room: Nathan and I worked on parts for the wheels of the launcher. Dakotah and Michel welded parts for the turret and launcher system. Mike and Matthew worked on the transmissions for the …
A lot happened today at Morrison-Mock. The biggest news is that FIRST team 1720 is now out of the prototyping stage. We have decided to use the baseball pitcher style launching mechanism and the spinning flapper pick up system. Now that we have chosen our to systems, we can begin constructing them. Michael MckeanMechanical Team
As we reach our midway point, we’ve come to the end of our testing and are preparing for our final build. Nathan took a portion of the mechanical and programming subteams to the gym to test his mortar-like device. Although we had plenty of trouble, at the end of the day the projectile launcher works …