Learning the basic controls of the robot! Worked hard to set up the gym. Driving station ready and working! -Jacob Navigating through cones in obstacle course! The programmers have modified several wheel directions after testing, since some of them were driving backwards. They also have re-imaged the the cRIO and got the robot and drivers …
I am the head programmer of team 1720, and I have been setting the controls of various parts that the robot will have. Today, The programming team researched robotic vision that our team hopes to use in autonomous to determine whether the target we are aimed at is “hot,” ultimately deciding when we will shoot. …
January 16th 2014 we began building prototypes and parts of the Aerial Assist arena. We built the low goals to test our kicking prototype for the robot. This is the kicking mechanism we had come up with. Constructing The chassy for the robot. Small weekly chores: -Lots of CAD drawings -Lots of videos/interviews -Lots of …
On January 4th, 2014 we found what our new challenge would be — Aerial Assist! We spent the rest of that day reading through the manual trying to get a good grasp of the game rules, possible strategies, and what type of robot we might like to build. Just as we were getting inspired to …