Hi everyone!
Safety Contact: be aware of surroundings and pay attention to where your arms/fingers/legs are in relation to machinery.
The programming team is 99.9% done with the basic robot program.
The drive train team has finished two sets of wheels (not including the omni wheels that are already done) and they have all the necessary parts to put the drive system on the robot.
The claw team has new permanant parts and is stronger and better than before.
The telescoping is 3 times faster than it was on Saturday and the motor does not tack anymore.
Ally and Christian were at Mr. Weick's tonight working on the frame. They have the whole frame tacked together and it's almost done. They just have a few more beads to complete.
Thanks Mrs. George for dinner tonight! Our next meeting is scheduled for tomorrow night at 4:30. That being said, be on the look out for a text or email from Mrs. George tomorrow if we are unable to have our meeting due to the ice and/or snow. And as always, even if we have a meeting, if you do not feel that you can safely arrive at the workshop, please do not risk coming. Your safety is more important than the robot being built.
22 more days until ship date!
-Sam
Monday, January 31, 2011
We're working hard!
Here at the workshop, we are working very hard to get this robot done! Take a look at what we've been doing:
Ally is working hard to dremmel something from Sam and Mat.
Dana is dremmeling while Rachel is...doing nothing? haha she claims she was supervising. And she really was helping Dana out.
Issa is hard at work drilling holes to get our robot on wheels when the frame is done.
And so is Jakob!
Can't argue when you have a senior helping a freshman on a project!!
We only have 22 more days left of Build Season!! We are hoping to get no more snow...but of course, not sure we're going to luck out on that...We can always hope though!
We only have 22 more days left of Build Season!! We are hoping to get no more snow...but of course, not sure we're going to luck out on that...We can always hope though!
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Team Update: January 29, 2011
Hi everyone,
We decided today to change our drivetrain from mecanum to 2-motor drive with castors so we can use a CIM motor for the telescope and lose some weight.
Minibot team: worked on the minibot assembly; just have to put on wheels and a motor.
Drivetrain team: wheels are nearly constructed, a motor mount was built and spacers were made for the other mounts.
Programming team: Changed the code from using a 4-motor to a 2-motor drive system, fine-tuned the telescope/arm controls, began work on vision code, and wrote code for the minibot.
Claw team: finished attaching the hinges to the trolley device and then mounted a cylinder to it; in addition, support struts were made for it.
Also, work was started on the frame and the castors.
Thanks to Sammy for breakfast and Mikey for lunch. Our next meeting is on Monday, Jan 30 at 4:30 p.m.
24 days left of build season
-Nick
We decided today to change our drivetrain from mecanum to 2-motor drive with castors so we can use a CIM motor for the telescope and lose some weight.
Minibot team: worked on the minibot assembly; just have to put on wheels and a motor.
Drivetrain team: wheels are nearly constructed, a motor mount was built and spacers were made for the other mounts.
Programming team: Changed the code from using a 4-motor to a 2-motor drive system, fine-tuned the telescope/arm controls, began work on vision code, and wrote code for the minibot.
Claw team: finished attaching the hinges to the trolley device and then mounted a cylinder to it; in addition, support struts were made for it.
Also, work was started on the frame and the castors.
Thanks to Sammy for breakfast and Mikey for lunch. Our next meeting is on Monday, Jan 30 at 4:30 p.m.
24 days left of build season
-Nick
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Let's earn some money!
Hi everyone!
As some as you may know, last year we registered with the website GoodSearch.com in order to help raise money. GoodSearch is pretty simple to use: You use it as you would Google, except before you start looking things up, you have to first make sure you have selected South Jersey Robotics as your charity/group you are GoodSearching for. For each search you do, we will receive $0.01 via the advertisements on the webpages. In order to maximize our earnings, I just recently found another website that we can use to earn money. The new website is iGive.com. As with GoodSearch, the only thing necessary to make sure we receive the money is that you put that you are searching for South Jersey Robotics. Again, each search will earn us $0.01. As with GoodSearch, searching for images or videos will not earn us any money, nor will searching for well-known websites.
Please use GoodSearch or iGive instead of Google to help support us! both GoodSearch and iGive are just as reliable as Google is and will earn us money. Ask your friends and family members to use them as well. Get the word out that we are trying to raise money and they can help without even spending a penny themselves.
-Sammy
As some as you may know, last year we registered with the website GoodSearch.com in order to help raise money. GoodSearch is pretty simple to use: You use it as you would Google, except before you start looking things up, you have to first make sure you have selected South Jersey Robotics as your charity/group you are GoodSearching for. For each search you do, we will receive $0.01 via the advertisements on the webpages. In order to maximize our earnings, I just recently found another website that we can use to earn money. The new website is iGive.com. As with GoodSearch, the only thing necessary to make sure we receive the money is that you put that you are searching for South Jersey Robotics. Again, each search will earn us $0.01. As with GoodSearch, searching for images or videos will not earn us any money, nor will searching for well-known websites.
Please use GoodSearch or iGive instead of Google to help support us! both GoodSearch and iGive are just as reliable as Google is and will earn us money. Ask your friends and family members to use them as well. Get the word out that we are trying to raise money and they can help without even spending a penny themselves.
-Sammy
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Team Update: January 25, 2011
Safety Contact: Be careful to avoid splinters when handling wood.
Drive train team: finished putting together the last gearbox and is working on finding gears and sprockets for the Weick Wheels.
Programming team: finished writing basic control systems code, tested winch and encoder, and tested pneumatic systems.
Telescoping team: tweaked the telescope and threaded it with the cable. They powered it with the CIM motor and tested it. It works, although it needs more tweaking.
Claw team: finished prototype
Our next meeting is tomorrow night. As of right now, we are planning on meeting at 5:30. Check your email/text messages tomorrow to see if Mrs. George has sent out something about a change in time or a cancellation due to weather.
Thank you, Sammy, for bringing dinner tonight. Tomorrow night Dana is bringing dinner.
Good luck to everyone who is taking finals or midterms this week!
-Sammy
Drive train team: finished putting together the last gearbox and is working on finding gears and sprockets for the Weick Wheels.
Programming team: finished writing basic control systems code, tested winch and encoder, and tested pneumatic systems.
Telescoping team: tweaked the telescope and threaded it with the cable. They powered it with the CIM motor and tested it. It works, although it needs more tweaking.
Claw team: finished prototype
Our next meeting is tomorrow night. As of right now, we are planning on meeting at 5:30. Check your email/text messages tomorrow to see if Mrs. George has sent out something about a change in time or a cancellation due to weather.
Thank you, Sammy, for bringing dinner tonight. Tomorrow night Dana is bringing dinner.
Good luck to everyone who is taking finals or midterms this week!
-Sammy
Friday, January 21, 2011
Team Update: January 20, 2011
Hi everyone!
Safety Contact: 1) When filing and de-burring, wear gloves for protection. 2) With the expected weather for this weekend, be very careful driving and walking with the snow and ice on the ground.
We had a very productive night tonight. We took the 2010 robot and the demo bot that was built in the beginning of Build Season to test the different sets of wheels. By majority vote, the team decided on mecanum wheels for the robot.
The drive system team cut metal to be used for the frame and started to file the metal to be welded.
The telescoping team finished with the mast and have tested it to make sure that it works.
The claw team finished their prototype that is able to pick up the tubes.
The sensor team tested using encoders and tested the code to run the telescoping arm.
For next week, we are meeting on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during the week and Saturday. We want to be ahead of schedule rather than behind schedule and rushing. So, let's make use of the two extra days this upcoming week.
Weather permitting, the seniors have requested to be able to get into the workshop tomorrow to cut more metal and file the metal with Mr. Don. As long as the workshop is open and the roads are safe to drive on, the plan is to meet at the college at 9 to work. If anyone has off from school tomorrow and would like to get things moving, please come to the workshop at 9 tomorrow morning. If a ride is necessary, contact one of the seniors to work out transportation. Definite details will go out tomorrow morning to all the students and parents as they are determined.
As a reminder to all students, if you are unable to make a meeting, make sure to tell Mrs. George you won't be there and also contact the rest of your subteam and make sure they know what you were going to do so there will be progress even though you won't be there. Also, ask your subteam what they did and what is the plan for the next meeting and if you were assigned anything so you are not standing around lost and confused when you do come back.
Below is the probable shirt for this season. If any of the students or mentors do not like the shirt, please offer another suggestion by Saturday to Mrs. Danner. In order for the shirt to be used, Mrs. Danner must be able to spot us in the stands if she is on the floor. As Mrs. Danner has stressed, we are daring to be exceptional. We do not want to blend in with the rest of the stands, so we are going to be as noticable as MOE is. Obviously not the same color though. :-)
Safety Contact: 1) When filing and de-burring, wear gloves for protection. 2) With the expected weather for this weekend, be very careful driving and walking with the snow and ice on the ground.
We had a very productive night tonight. We took the 2010 robot and the demo bot that was built in the beginning of Build Season to test the different sets of wheels. By majority vote, the team decided on mecanum wheels for the robot.
The drive system team cut metal to be used for the frame and started to file the metal to be welded.
The telescoping team finished with the mast and have tested it to make sure that it works.
The claw team finished their prototype that is able to pick up the tubes.
The sensor team tested using encoders and tested the code to run the telescoping arm.
For next week, we are meeting on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during the week and Saturday. We want to be ahead of schedule rather than behind schedule and rushing. So, let's make use of the two extra days this upcoming week.
Weather permitting, the seniors have requested to be able to get into the workshop tomorrow to cut more metal and file the metal with Mr. Don. As long as the workshop is open and the roads are safe to drive on, the plan is to meet at the college at 9 to work. If anyone has off from school tomorrow and would like to get things moving, please come to the workshop at 9 tomorrow morning. If a ride is necessary, contact one of the seniors to work out transportation. Definite details will go out tomorrow morning to all the students and parents as they are determined.
As a reminder to all students, if you are unable to make a meeting, make sure to tell Mrs. George you won't be there and also contact the rest of your subteam and make sure they know what you were going to do so there will be progress even though you won't be there. Also, ask your subteam what they did and what is the plan for the next meeting and if you were assigned anything so you are not standing around lost and confused when you do come back.
Below is the probable shirt for this season. If any of the students or mentors do not like the shirt, please offer another suggestion by Saturday to Mrs. Danner. In order for the shirt to be used, Mrs. Danner must be able to spot us in the stands if she is on the floor. As Mrs. Danner has stressed, we are daring to be exceptional. We do not want to blend in with the rest of the stands, so we are going to be as noticable as MOE is. Obviously not the same color though. :-)
Our next meeting is on Saturday at 8:30 am. Please note the time so everyone is there on time.
Hope everyone has had a wonderful week!
-Sam
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Team Update: January 18, 2011
Hi everyone!
Hope everyone's weekend was great!
The claw team worked on a final prototype and are almost finished it.
The programming/sensor team set up a 4 motor arcade drive system with an adjustable sensitivity, finished setting up the 2011 control system, and started working on code to run an arm.
The telescoping team built a new, less friction telescope. They are almost finished the new sliders.
The drive train team finished the new drive train and tested it. The new design they tested was having omni wheels in the front and back and traction wheels in the middle that were powered.
Thank you Mrs. Marandola for dinner tonight! The next meeting will be on Thursday from 4:30 until 9.
Good luck to all the seniors going to Rowan!
-Sam
Hope everyone's weekend was great!
The claw team worked on a final prototype and are almost finished it.
The programming/sensor team set up a 4 motor arcade drive system with an adjustable sensitivity, finished setting up the 2011 control system, and started working on code to run an arm.
The telescoping team built a new, less friction telescope. They are almost finished the new sliders.
The drive train team finished the new drive train and tested it. The new design they tested was having omni wheels in the front and back and traction wheels in the middle that were powered.
Thank you Mrs. Marandola for dinner tonight! The next meeting will be on Thursday from 4:30 until 9.
Good luck to all the seniors going to Rowan!
-Sam
Friday, January 14, 2011
Team Update: January 13, 2011
Hi everyone!
Safety Contact: Keep wires above eye level. Make sure you are always wearing your safety glasses.
The claw team completed both of their prototypes. They have two different designs. One design can pick up tubes vertically and the other design can pick up tubes horizontally.
The sensor team configured the new gaming adaptor, finished installing all the current software, reclaimed a 5 GB partition of the Classmates hard drive, and did more testing with the sensors.
The telescoping team worked on their prototype, a drum and motor combination, and also gearboxes.
The drive train team put chains on the wheels and got all of the electrical components on the robot and on the drivers' station wired up. They are trying to figure out how to get the robot to move so they can test the drive train they have on right now. Their homework to do between now and Saturday is to research the 2007 control panel.
Thank you Mrs. Davenport for bringing dinner! Our next meeting is on Saturday from 9 until 2. As a reminder, the Georges are bringing breakfast and the Petersons are bringing lunch.
Hope everyone has a great day!
-Sam
Safety Contact: Keep wires above eye level. Make sure you are always wearing your safety glasses.
The claw team completed both of their prototypes. They have two different designs. One design can pick up tubes vertically and the other design can pick up tubes horizontally.
The sensor team configured the new gaming adaptor, finished installing all the current software, reclaimed a 5 GB partition of the Classmates hard drive, and did more testing with the sensors.
The telescoping team worked on their prototype, a drum and motor combination, and also gearboxes.
The drive train team put chains on the wheels and got all of the electrical components on the robot and on the drivers' station wired up. They are trying to figure out how to get the robot to move so they can test the drive train they have on right now. Their homework to do between now and Saturday is to research the 2007 control panel.
Thank you Mrs. Davenport for bringing dinner! Our next meeting is on Saturday from 9 until 2. As a reminder, the Georges are bringing breakfast and the Petersons are bringing lunch.
Hope everyone has a great day!
-Sam
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Team Update: January 11, 2011
Hi everyone!
Safety Contact for tonight: Be careful of slippery surfaces both when walking and driving.
The drive train team tonight was working on putting the control panel on the robot and hooked up as well as mounting the battery. The wheels have been mounted. They are also working on making sure everything is aligned now.
The sensor team was downloading software, learning the different sensors and discussing uses for them in this years game. Jakob was working on making the targets in which some of the sensors will be used for.
The claw team was working on prototypes tonight.
The telescoping team was testing sliders for the telescope and were making a prototype.
Thank you Mrs. Rodriguez for dinner tonight! The meatballs were delicious. If we do have our meeting tomorrow night, the Georges are providing dinner.
Be on the lookout for a possible text about tomorrow's meeting. Even if a text does not go out, if you do not feel like you can drive to the college safely tomorrow night, please do not come. Your safety is more important than the robot. Email or text Mrs. George if you are not coming due to weather tomorrow night.
Hope everyone had a safe drive home tonight!
42 more days left of Build Season!
-Sam
Safety Contact for tonight: Be careful of slippery surfaces both when walking and driving.
The drive train team tonight was working on putting the control panel on the robot and hooked up as well as mounting the battery. The wheels have been mounted. They are also working on making sure everything is aligned now.
The sensor team was downloading software, learning the different sensors and discussing uses for them in this years game. Jakob was working on making the targets in which some of the sensors will be used for.
The claw team was working on prototypes tonight.
The telescoping team was testing sliders for the telescope and were making a prototype.
Thank you Mrs. Rodriguez for dinner tonight! The meatballs were delicious. If we do have our meeting tomorrow night, the Georges are providing dinner.
Be on the lookout for a possible text about tomorrow's meeting. Even if a text does not go out, if you do not feel like you can drive to the college safely tomorrow night, please do not come. Your safety is more important than the robot. Email or text Mrs. George if you are not coming due to weather tomorrow night.
Hope everyone had a safe drive home tonight!
42 more days left of Build Season!
-Sam
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Team Update: January 10, 2011 (Webchat)
During tonight’s webchat, the entire team discussed all the subteams and thing associated with it.
The claw team decided that they were going to power the claw using pneumatics. In trying to figure out how to keep the pneumatics from hanging down, it was discussed to have the pneumatic tubing secured with zipties (which could cause some tension) or the mesh pneumatic sleeve type thing that is periodically used to either hold the pneumatics or wires.
The drive team discussed the different systems they planned to test: tank, 2 wheel drive, rear wheel drive. They planned on not testing the mechanum wheels because they have been tested using the actual robot from 2010 and 2008 already. When the topic of mechanum wheels came up, Mikey was for them, Sammy, Rachel, and Christian were against them, and Ally was undecided about whether they should be used or not.
The telescoping team has planned to make better prototypes.
The claw team decided that they were going to power the claw using pneumatics. In trying to figure out how to keep the pneumatics from hanging down, it was discussed to have the pneumatic tubing secured with zipties (which could cause some tension) or the mesh pneumatic sleeve type thing that is periodically used to either hold the pneumatics or wires.
The drive team discussed the different systems they planned to test: tank, 2 wheel drive, rear wheel drive. They planned on not testing the mechanum wheels because they have been tested using the actual robot from 2010 and 2008 already. When the topic of mechanum wheels came up, Mikey was for them, Sammy, Rachel, and Christian were against them, and Ally was undecided about whether they should be used or not.
The telescoping team has planned to make better prototypes.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Team Update: Kick Off Weekend 2011
Hi everyone!!
I hope everyone had fun this Kick Off weekend! The best is yet to come now :) I think this year is the year we will make it to Einstein and win it!
First off, I would like to thank Michelle for the entire team for providing each student with a notebook this year. These notebooks are great ways to make sure we have everything written down for the night and will help each student get just a little more organized.
Unfortunately, no one got the right answer for the holiday challenge that Mr. Hinde and Mr. Weick gave out. The students are still able to give answers and are encouraged to. We were given three hints to help us along.
1) there is a definite number answer.
2) Mr. Weick gave the exact encoder used in this challenge
3) it may have come in the 2010 Kit of Parts in a quad
Students, keep submitting your answers! These three hints should help you find the right answer.
Our safety contact for today was that there is black ice on the roads right now. Remember that you are unable to see the black ice and can slide, no matter how careful you try to be. Also, be aware of your surroundings, especially when texting. If you are not paying attention to what is going on around you, things could take a terrible turn.
As a reminder, this year the game is LogoMotion. For those who haven't yet seen the video, below is the link to it on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSc8FWfJQlU
Today we went over our homework, which was to make a prototype of the robot for this year. We had some great designs. Some ideas for picking up and holding the tubes included a magnet design, wrist motion, and a claw. We had ideas like a rotating/pivoting arm, telescoping arm, and a bendable arm. There were many, many more ideas. All these ideas are wonderful. As stated today, please do not be discouraged if an idea is not used on the robot exactly. The robot always ends up being a mixture of many different ideas.
Certain students have been given very specific tasks this year. All of these tasks or jobs are very important to the team and how well we function.
Safety Captain: Rachel Peterson
Manual/Team Updates: Issa Cardona
Post Questions to FIRST: Christian Clour
Moniter Chief Delphi: Michael Marandola
Cell Phone/Email List: Samantha Kirk
Everyone on the team is to make sure the following list is worked on:
- every student is to have a Chief Delphi account and is to be looking on there every night for interesting things, such as solutions to a problem we are having or other problems other teams are having and the solution to their problems
- all students are to make sure they have registered on STIMS. If you haven't already registered, go to usfirst.org and click on FRC. On the left side there will be a tab called "Registration" and when scrolled over, it will have another menu availabe. Click on STIMS. New students: Click on the button for new students and follow the directions from there. Veteran students: put in your login information to update your registration.
- make sure you are looking at Bill's Blog every night- Check out the Blue Alliance for teams who successfully lifted and hung the tubes in 2007
- watch videos of the 2007 competions either using the Blue Alliance or YouTube
This week we are focusing on prototypes.
Group 1) Drive system. Mr. Fordham and Scott are in charge of this group with Sammy, Mat, and Gain working on it. They are testing different drive systems and control, such as onmi wheels, tank drive, etc. As of right now, 2 omni wheels are successfully built and the frame that came in the Kit of Parts is being built.
Group 2) Telescoping/Lift system. Mr. Weick is the mentor in charge with Christian, Ally, and Issa working on it. So far they have been messing around with the extruded aluminum and linear slides. They are thinking about doing a continuous loop with pullies.
Group 3) Claw/Hand prototype. Wayne is the mentor in charge with Mikey, Rachel, and Dana working on it. Right now they have two designs they are working with.
Group 4) Sensors. Michelle and Mr. Cardona are the mentors in charge of this group with Nick and Jakob working on it as well. The team received 3 line followers in the Kit which are supposed to sense from 20 feet away. However, the sensors cannot "see" from that far away. The group is planning on using the cameras and other sensors to pick up and/or place the tubes. Right now they have wired the line follower and have updated the classmate with the new software. They are planning on using the 2010 robot to test the line follower.
Monday night is Mentor's Night at the shop. However, the students have homework per their group that they can work on Monday night. The students have also set up a Facebook Chat that is scheduled for Monday nights.
Due to the forcasted weather for Tuesday, please be on the look out for a text from Mrs. George as to whether we will have a meeting on Tuesday. If not, the students are going to have another Facebook Chat and will also have to be searching on Chief Delphi for different things to do with their group.
Thanks to the following people for meals this weekend: Rachel (breakfast on Saturday), Sammy (lunch on Saturday), Ally (breakfast on Sunday) and Mat (lunch on Sunday). As a reminder, Nick is charge of dinner on Tuesday if we do have our meeting.
Hope everyone has a wonderful night! See everyone on Tuesday if we have a meeting!
-Sammy
I hope everyone had fun this Kick Off weekend! The best is yet to come now :) I think this year is the year we will make it to Einstein and win it!
First off, I would like to thank Michelle for the entire team for providing each student with a notebook this year. These notebooks are great ways to make sure we have everything written down for the night and will help each student get just a little more organized.
Unfortunately, no one got the right answer for the holiday challenge that Mr. Hinde and Mr. Weick gave out. The students are still able to give answers and are encouraged to. We were given three hints to help us along.
1) there is a definite number answer.
2) Mr. Weick gave the exact encoder used in this challenge
3) it may have come in the 2010 Kit of Parts in a quad
Students, keep submitting your answers! These three hints should help you find the right answer.
Our safety contact for today was that there is black ice on the roads right now. Remember that you are unable to see the black ice and can slide, no matter how careful you try to be. Also, be aware of your surroundings, especially when texting. If you are not paying attention to what is going on around you, things could take a terrible turn.
As a reminder, this year the game is LogoMotion. For those who haven't yet seen the video, below is the link to it on YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSc8FWfJQlU
Today we went over our homework, which was to make a prototype of the robot for this year. We had some great designs. Some ideas for picking up and holding the tubes included a magnet design, wrist motion, and a claw. We had ideas like a rotating/pivoting arm, telescoping arm, and a bendable arm. There were many, many more ideas. All these ideas are wonderful. As stated today, please do not be discouraged if an idea is not used on the robot exactly. The robot always ends up being a mixture of many different ideas.
Certain students have been given very specific tasks this year. All of these tasks or jobs are very important to the team and how well we function.
Safety Captain: Rachel Peterson
Manual/Team Updates: Issa Cardona
Post Questions to FIRST: Christian Clour
Moniter Chief Delphi: Michael Marandola
Cell Phone/Email List: Samantha Kirk
Everyone on the team is to make sure the following list is worked on:
- every student is to have a Chief Delphi account and is to be looking on there every night for interesting things, such as solutions to a problem we are having or other problems other teams are having and the solution to their problems
- all students are to make sure they have registered on STIMS. If you haven't already registered, go to usfirst.org and click on FRC. On the left side there will be a tab called "Registration" and when scrolled over, it will have another menu availabe. Click on STIMS. New students: Click on the button for new students and follow the directions from there. Veteran students: put in your login information to update your registration.
- make sure you are looking at Bill's Blog every night- Check out the Blue Alliance for teams who successfully lifted and hung the tubes in 2007
- watch videos of the 2007 competions either using the Blue Alliance or YouTube
This week we are focusing on prototypes.
Group 1) Drive system. Mr. Fordham and Scott are in charge of this group with Sammy, Mat, and Gain working on it. They are testing different drive systems and control, such as onmi wheels, tank drive, etc. As of right now, 2 omni wheels are successfully built and the frame that came in the Kit of Parts is being built.
Group 2) Telescoping/Lift system. Mr. Weick is the mentor in charge with Christian, Ally, and Issa working on it. So far they have been messing around with the extruded aluminum and linear slides. They are thinking about doing a continuous loop with pullies.
Group 3) Claw/Hand prototype. Wayne is the mentor in charge with Mikey, Rachel, and Dana working on it. Right now they have two designs they are working with.
Group 4) Sensors. Michelle and Mr. Cardona are the mentors in charge of this group with Nick and Jakob working on it as well. The team received 3 line followers in the Kit which are supposed to sense from 20 feet away. However, the sensors cannot "see" from that far away. The group is planning on using the cameras and other sensors to pick up and/or place the tubes. Right now they have wired the line follower and have updated the classmate with the new software. They are planning on using the 2010 robot to test the line follower.
Monday night is Mentor's Night at the shop. However, the students have homework per their group that they can work on Monday night. The students have also set up a Facebook Chat that is scheduled for Monday nights.
Due to the forcasted weather for Tuesday, please be on the look out for a text from Mrs. George as to whether we will have a meeting on Tuesday. If not, the students are going to have another Facebook Chat and will also have to be searching on Chief Delphi for different things to do with their group.
Thanks to the following people for meals this weekend: Rachel (breakfast on Saturday), Sammy (lunch on Saturday), Ally (breakfast on Sunday) and Mat (lunch on Sunday). As a reminder, Nick is charge of dinner on Tuesday if we do have our meeting.
Hope everyone has a wonderful night! See everyone on Tuesday if we have a meeting!
-Sammy
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Team Update: Kick Off Homework 2011
Hi everyone!
Here is the homework that was assigned to us for tonight:
1) Make a prototype robot for our strategy - could be paper, drawing, legos, etc. Also, give how many points you think your robot will score consistently.
2) Do a search for the robots with the best arms and pick up mechanisms from the 2007 Rack 'N Roll competition. Bring in a description.
As a reminder, our strategy was: hang an uber in autonomous on the top peg. then, hang as many tubes as possible during teleoperated and deploy a mini bot in the last 10 seconds.
Be as creative as you can be. We will discuss the robot concepts tomorrow morning. Don't be discouraged if your exact robot concept is not chosen tomorrow...We pull from multiple concepts to create the best robot we can.
-Sam
Here is the homework that was assigned to us for tonight:
1) Make a prototype robot for our strategy - could be paper, drawing, legos, etc. Also, give how many points you think your robot will score consistently.
2) Do a search for the robots with the best arms and pick up mechanisms from the 2007 Rack 'N Roll competition. Bring in a description.
As a reminder, our strategy was: hang an uber in autonomous on the top peg. then, hang as many tubes as possible during teleoperated and deploy a mini bot in the last 10 seconds.
Be as creative as you can be. We will discuss the robot concepts tomorrow morning. Don't be discouraged if your exact robot concept is not chosen tomorrow...We pull from multiple concepts to create the best robot we can.
-Sam
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