Evergreen Robotics http://evergreenrobotics.org Just another WordPress site Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:05:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Week Six Day Six http://evergreenrobotics.org/week-six-day-six/ http://evergreenrobotics.org/week-six-day-six/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 03:16:24 +0000 Eqiunox http://evergreenrobotics.org/?p=1382 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 effect, as well as assisted other teams as needed.

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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 occcured.

CAD

Worked on whatever CAD is told to do as issues and ideas came up.

Electrical

Finished pneumatic wiring.

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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.

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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.

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Tested drive and worked out kinks.

Programming

Tested mechanum drive some more and found problems with it.

Electrical

Swapped out a faulty jaguar.

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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.

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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 team.

Programming

Worked on figuring out why the left front wheel was not working.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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