We are getting close to the deadline now for a finished robot. The countdown to ship date has all of us a little tense, as we try to put together a full working robot to ship, rather the prototype we have that is almost finished. As far as today goes there was at least some …
Today, in the machine room, we worked mainly on making various parts for the final robot. These include mounting transmissions, building the ball thrower, and, of course, finishing building the chassis. We’ve also been finalizing the prototypes, making sure everything works right before we put it on the robot. The programming team worked on creating …
Well, here we are. It’s the end of the fourth week of build season already. Things are really starting to pick up around here as we’re kicking things into high gear. Every one is helping out wherever they can, in the mechanical room or over in the computer lab and electronic room.We have made some choices, …
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! …