Category: Engineering Notebook (Ring It Up)

Attendance

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• Hunter
• Fletcher
• Mark
• Dante
• Chris
• Erik

Journal

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Tasks

• Bring the robot back to school
• Program for a new TeleOp to fit the motors
• Build or plan for a scoop
• Improve torque on scissor lift

Reflections

Evan has been ill this week, and the robot has been at his house since last Thursday (hence no meeting Tuesday), so Mark had to go to his house before school and grab the robot and the parts.

During the meeting, Hunter made a new TeleOp, TeleOpHR that used all of the current motors we have on the robot, such as the Scissor motors, the hand motors, the hand servo, the drive motors, and the scoop motor.

Mark built a scoop to move rings from the floor to the base plate on the field.

Attendance

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• Mark
• Evan
• Hunter
• Chris
• Dante
• Erik
• Fletcher

Journal

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Tasks

• Work on programming
• Attach Develop ideas for hands
• Adjust frame

Reflections

We attached some of the motor boxes in an efficient way so all of the ports were open to all of the robot, all though we were still a little unsure of the placement.  Erik and Chris and Dante helped with that.  Mark experimented with some ideas for the hand using servos as well as NXT motors for the hand to place the rings on the pegs.  We came up with an autonomous, or at least a basic one that could have served to at least move the robot around.  Hunter and Fletcher worked on the teleOP a little to code just for servos and NXT motors.  Evan made small adjustments just to the frame for convenience.

Attendance

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• Erik
• Fletcher
• Dante
• Hunter
• Mark
• Evan
• Chris

Journal

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Tasks

• Make a question sheet for scouting
• Design claw
• Install robot C

Reflections

We re-installed RobotC on the new computer and put on a permanent license.  We also gave the field computer a RobotC permanent license as well.  We also re-designed the claw and the way the claw mounts to the robot.

We discussed how we will scout at competitions.  Here are some questions that we came up with to ask:

1. Would you say your steering skills are precise?
2. Do you plan to lift another robot in the end game?
3. What does your autonomous do?
4. How heavy is your robot?
5. Do you have sufficient wheelbase?
6. Does your robot lift rings?

 

Attendance

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• Evan
• Hunter
• Fletcher

Journal

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Tasks

• Fit the robot to the scissor lift
• Make more custom parts
• Attach the new parts

Reflections

Evan worked on the robot. He adjusted the frame so that the scissor lift might be attached. Mr. Brian Johnson machine for us a few parts, such as a shorter structural piece. He also made it level.

Fletcher discovered that our RobotC licence has expired. We will inform Mr. Thomas Dobson so that we might be able to get a new licence.

Evan attached mounts for the scissor lifts, which had to be machined by Mr. Johnson. The day ended with the mounts attached for the most part. Next, we will attach the actual scissor so our robot can be useful!