Attendance
- Erik
- Fletcher
Journal
Tasks
- Attach Samantha
- Mount NXT
Reflections
Fletcher attached the Samantha module and Erik worked on attaching the NXT brick. This happened during lunch so there was not very much time to work.
Author: Fletcher
I like to do robotics, play in the school band, and blog blogs. My Twitter description is highly accurate: "Some Idiot"
Photos as of 10.16.12
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10.16.12-A Logo from Treads
Attendance
- Erik
- Mark
- Fletcher
- Chris
- Dante
- Hunter
- Evan
- Justin
Journal
Tasks
- Attach power switch
- Make electronics work
- work on the hardware of the robot
Erik and Fletcher and Erik attached the power switch and battery in a prototype sort of fashion which was useful because previously we had neither of those on the robot.
Fletcher showed an idea for a new hand to mark which would not only be cool but also pretty efficient as well.
Hunter designed a really cool logo for our team which consists of four chain links but together in a square shape.
Evan organized the wires and motor boxes, and wired everything together (It turns on!).
Mark got the robot parts ready to design a new arm, and came up with an idea of mounting the arm and hand on the scissor lift which will mount on the base of the robot.
10.13.12-A Very New Notebook
Attendance
- Fletcher
- Dante
- Evan
- Chris
- Mark
- Hunter
Journal
Tasks
- Make the notebook be electronic
- Work on designing bits for the robot
Reflections
Today was a 5-hour Saturday build day. When we were waiting for it to start, Mr. Johnson explained an idea for a robot. It primarily focuses on the end game. For the beginning of our season, we’ve decided to focus on the end game over all else.
We discussed what sensors we want, and decided on the following:
- IRSeeker Sensor (NSK1042) – $49.95
- Color Sensor (NCO1038) – $54.95
We began a Wubi install (which ended up not working) on our old computer to see if it will make the computer faster. We tried turning it on, but the BIOS chooser, GRUB, failed to initialize. We videoed this whole thing.
Hunter and Fletcher are recreating the paper Engineering notebook as an electronic one.
Evan is disassembling the robot, currently it is stripped down to the chassis. Fletcher redid the motor controller setup so that they take up less space. Evan also made the chassis longer.
Dante drew pictures of a new design for the robot and built the game field floor.
Mark is designing new bits for the robot.
Hunter and Fletcher worked on formatting the website.
Mark talked to Mr. Brian Johnson and Mr. Corey Porter. They said that there ought to be a claw on a counter balance so as to be able to tell the weight of the ring. When a heavier ring is picked up by the hand, the counterweight will pivot up which will show that the ring will be heavier and the weight of the counterweight will be greater than the lighter rings, but less than the heavy rings.
The arm will have a limited space to occupy because it cannot get in the way of the platform that the team robot will drive onto, so we had the idea of using a small spring to hold the arm in place which is on a pivot and the team robot will push the arm out of the way when driving onto our robot. We will most likely continue to use the current telescope design for the arm and we are still debating about what accessories we should add to the hand in order to pick up the rings.
10.11.12-A Little Design and a Lot of Rain
Attendance
- Fletcher
- Erik
- Dante
- Chris
Journal
Tasks
- Discuss the robot
Reflections
Not much happened today, we thought about new designs for a robot. We may end up changing the entire design of the robot to maximize the number of points we can get. It rained very hard with lightning and hail. Fletcher had to leave early; Mark, Hunter, and Evan also had to leave early due to conflicts with previous engagements.
