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
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