That's it! The build season's over! We can all relax now can't we?
Sorry, kiddo, build season maybe come and gone but that doesn't mean robotics is over. Attendance is a little lax today, but we are still here hard at work. I'm a little out of the loop right now because I came late (too busy getting axed in the gut at play practice), but here's the run down as I see it: Shayla and Annie are working on the winch on our practice robot, the present fraction of the programming team is trying to organize, and Charlotte and Tyler are busying themselves making buttons and stickers respectively. What am I doing you ask? Why, writing this blog post, of course! I've also made some changes to this here webpage. I don't know if any of y'all pay close attention enough to the rest of this website to find the updates I've been making. Let's make it a scavenger hunt. I made three changes. Find them all. Ready? Go! You don't want to? Aw well, you're missing out on a lot of fun! Over and out, Eleanor, Electrical Head
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After a long and tiresome journey, the new drive station is finally done. I have to say, it looks pretty good. Its color scheme includes our team colors, gold and black. It took a while to struggle through cutting the beams, screwing the screws onto the beams, making the holes line up, etc. We even found a use for those tiny rubber feet that we got in our starter kit and had no idea what to do with! Thanks to everyone who worked on the drive station, it looks really beautiful! (And kind of like a dinner tray.)
Have fun and stay safe, Charlotte (Not in North Carolina) Time is money now, isn't it? Bag/Stop Build/Whatever-it's-called day is fast approaching, and, boy, is it obvious we need to get a move on!
We got a TON done today. From programming servo motors to assembling our new driver's station, SistamatiK has been busy. I myself have spent the whole day mounting the da- *ahem* lovely control system into our actual robot. It was difficult because our gear-catching mechanism was blocking my hands and vision most of the time. Fortunately, I have non-claustrophobic fingers. Now everything is secure and mostly insulated. I can finish it up next time. I also wired our practice robot's main brain, which was a whole lot easier given there was more space. Cassie, Charlotte, and Ethel assembled the coolest driver's station on the planet. It's gold and black and it looks really good. That's one reason to look forward to competition. Lizzie and her programming brigade, along with our mentor Evan, smoothed out the programming bits and got our servo motors working right. Good on them; I have no idea how those work. For lunch we had an "All-American" potluck. Best part of the day. Most definitely. We even got to sit outside a bit because of the unnatural winter weather. (Is it still February? I sure can't tell.) But we still have so much work to do! Onward, full steam ahead! Smell ya later! (If my sense of smell hasn't been compromised by next time.) Eleanor, Electrical Head Basically spent the whole afternoon designing this guy. I'm calling him Mr. Gear until I come up with a better name for him. My phone camera's pretty bad, and it's kind of dark in here so this picture quality isn't good at all, but you get the idea. Perhaps we'll use in on a button for this year, but we'll have to see. Peace! Eleanor, Electrical Team Head As you may have read in the post before, today we are working on the robot's electrical innards. Then something magic happened, the robot moved! Yippee!
Hello, readership-that-is-probably-entirely-composed-of-people-actually-on-the-team!
Today is one of SistamatiK weekly weekend meetings. We're here from 9-4 today trying to get our lovely hunk of metal up and moving. I have finished all the wiring, even constructing a doubledecker shelf to hold the system, and now I'm trusting in the programming team to get the thing to actually move on its own accord. This their first year programming in Java instead of LabView, so I'm wishing them lots of luck. Since we're staying through lunch, we organized a team potluck. Our food theme is Italian! Sarà magnifico! < Thanks, Google translate! (Don't look a me like that; I take French! Ne me blâmez pas!) Needless to say, I'm definitely looking forward to it. That will be all for right now. Signing off, Eleanor, Electrical Head |
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