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!
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
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