Programming Worked on the program for the arm. Design Made sure no problems went unfixed. Mechanical We bent the side guards and cut out the shooter pieces to make it stronger. CAD Made sure that the robot turns out as it was planned. Electrical Added the LEDs to the robot to add a glowing green […]
Week Six Day Five
Programming Shooter now works properly and so does the drive code. Also worked on the pick up arm and on drive motors, making it easier to drive straight. Design Designed wheel shields and fixed other things as needed. Mechanical More adjustments were made, pneumatics are on, finished frisbee pusher and also diagnosed problems as they […]
Week Six Day Four
Mechanical Tweaked some mechancial components and worked on the frisbee pick up device. Electrical Extended the sensor wire and working on the pneumatic wiring. Programming Debugged the drive code and fixed the steering problem – yeah! Marketing Worked on Chairman’s Award, Marketing plan, and Mini-liaison.
Week Six Day Three
Mechanical Finished the side skirts, the side shields, the pneumatic lifting system and the worked on the pneumatic puller and puller. Design Worked on the mechanum drive issue. Electrical Got the LEDs that will go on the robot. Programming Worked on the mechanum drive issue with the Design team.
Week Six Day Two
Mechanical Tested drive and worked out kinks. Programming Tested mechanum drive some more and found problems with it. Electrical Swapped out a faulty jaguar.
Week Six Day One
Marketing Worked on planning out the Chairmens award. Electrical Finished the test board for the window motor. Design Fixed more problems that occurred with the shooter. Mechanical Cut out the hinges and mounted one of them. Also balanced out the wheels.
Week Five Day Six
Mechanical Continued to work on mounting the shooter, added front supports, and tested shooting at goals. Electrical Wired the shooter to the board. Marketing Worked on writing the Chairmans essay. Design Troubleshot the left front wheel problem and figured out why the frisbees would jam when upside down CAD Gave out drawings to the mechanical […]
Week Five Day Five
Design and Strategy Fixed problems as they occurred and continued working with mechanical Marketing Worked on the marketing plan, media liaison essay, and Chairman essay Mechanical Worked on installing the shooter more and did some tweaking one the shooter. Electrical Switched the electrical boards and finishing wiring.
Week Five Day Four
CAD Bending different pieces and made mounting instructions. Design Fixing problems as they occur. Marketing Worked on the marketing plan. Mechanical Battery box was attached, also the shooter was taken off for electrical mounting. Strategy Pit scouting was further finalized. Electrical Ordered wire channel online. Programing Did code review to make sure everything was correct.
Week Five Day Three
Programming Relearned the joystick interface for use on the robot. Design Worked on fixing the shield on the sides of the robot. Strategy Finalized paper version of the scouting sheet. Mechanical Mounted side shield board, and finished the shooter mounts.