February 2012
45 posts
11 tags
Day 45
We welded the additional pieces for the extra bearings We finished painting the bumpers Programmers finished making the wiring all pretty and ran more testing We re-attached the collectors We figured out what we want to keep as part of our 30 pounds We finished everything for our presentation and pep assemblies tomorrow We made sure everything is functioning and is ready to go for our...
Feb 21st
9 tags
Day 44
We finished covering the last bumper in fabric and started painting them. We have 4 of 8 sides painted We cut and milled the mounts for the extra bearings for the turret We made a vibration isolator for the camera mount We ordered LEDs We finished most of the Bill of Materials Drivers practiced more We finished and sent out our newsletter Programmers re-programmed the aiming software...
Feb 21st
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Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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7 tags
Day 43
We went to Duel in the Desert and learned the following things: Our turret pops off so we need to add more support for that. We need a current control for the collector motors and other motors We need a better camera mount(do we need a tilt?) We need to improve limit switches Main Achievement: We can shoot baskets from the other side of the field
Feb 20th
5 tags
Day 42
We finished the Teacher of the Year award and submitted it! We packed for Duel in the Desert! We finished all the mounts for the bumpers We tested the shooter and figured out the angle we want to have it and then welded it We covered another bumper in fabric We finished our camera mount(?) We attached and wired the limit switches We need to attach the limit switches We want to...
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 17th
6 tags
Day 40
We finished our shooter hubs We loctited our wheels and motors and re-attached them to the frame We grinded the hex on the shooter so we can attach the shooter We welded the shooter back channel Programmers started making wires prettier, they flashed the final jaguar, and started wiring the remaining motors We finished the gearbox for the collectors We finished putting fabric on two out of...
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
10 tags
Day 39
We finished attaching our ball guide rail We finished both Deans List essays and will submit those tomorrow We updated our media page on the website and worked on the other pages We worked on making our gear box for the collectors We worked on the shooter rail guide We finished our shooter hubs(??) Animators worked on the animation Main Achievement: Programmers finished re-attaching the...
Feb 15th
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Day 38
Programmers re-attached the Emma board with bolts and took off the cRIO to re-mount it We worked on our shooter hubs We started covering our bumpers and worked on mounting them Main Achievement: We finished our shooter mount plates and attached them to our turret. It spins beautifully :D
Feb 15th
Day 37
We continued wiring the E-Board (EMMA) We put wheels on our table saw so we no longer have to carry it outside to use it! We glued button designs into buttons, we are almost done! We finished grinding our hex and mounted it to turret We attached the skid plate to the bottom of our robot We finished milling our shooter mount plates Main Achievement: We CAN drive the robot with CAN
Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
ONE WEEK
One week until bag and tag day! :0
Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
8 tags
Feb 13th
1 note
10 tags
Day 36
We attached our battery mount We wired our e-board We re-taped our batteries so the wires were facing the way we wanted We started working on CAN for our jaguars We put holes in our hex so we can mount it We finished our plates for our shooter mount Main Achievement: WE GOT OUR ROBOT DRIVING!
Feb 12th
1 note
8 tags
Day 35
We worked on the safety flyer We worked on our Teacher of the Year Award, Business Plan, Team overview, and the Dean’s List Award Members from the Robo-Knights came to our shop to use our Lathe to make gearbox shafts and bushing and bearing cups We made a CRUSH-bot cookie cutter so one of our parents can make cookies for our Feb 21st Presentation We milled and welded the hex pieces We...
Feb 12th
3 tags
Listendorbs. All FIRST kids will love this
Feb 11th
9 tags
Day 34
We planned for our Feb 21st Presentation We CADed the shooter wheel plates We made the Hex for our turret We made the mount for our motor that drives the turret We worked on the gear box for our collectors We finished the front of our safety flier We attached all of the belts and collectors We mounted the elevator and the motor to operate the elevator We worked on the Deans List Award ...
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
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7 tags
Day 33
We received our belts! We finished turning the turret drive wheel We made the groves in the end caps bigger so we can put the belts on We started making our gear box for the collector We finished putting the grippy tape on the collectors We designed and cut out the hex Main Achievement: We finished cutting the E-board and then planned and drilled all the holes so we can mount the...
Feb 10th
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Feb 10th
8 tags
Feb 9th
10 tags
Day 32
We went to Tucson High to borrow their bender and bent all of our pieces for our shooter! Thank you Tucson High! We started turning down the turret drive wheel We worked on the bumpers and bought the rest of the material for them. We had a pool noodle fight and one of our mentors even joined in :D We cut out the E-board (Emma board) and it fits on our robot Main Achievement: Our tower is...
Feb 9th
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teenymeleeny asked: Pretty good! We just started putting pieces together...our team is so small this year >.< Good luck out there!
Feb 7th
6 tags
Feb 7th
9 notes
6 tags
Day 31
We finished designing for our turret We made mounts for the turret We received our sticker paper so we will hopefully get those printed this week We bought plastic for our skin, metal for our shooter, and more welding gas Programmers collected everything we need for the e-board We worked on the Teacher of the Year Award We grounded the sub-frame We made circles so we can bend the metal...
Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
8 tags
Day 30
We bought Duct Tape, brackets, fabric for bumpers, and grippy tape Made slots for our ball collector Programmers put tape on the backboards and tested it We finished our newsletter and sent it out Kelly from Purple Plasma, team 2403, came and collaborated with us Nick and Daniel from the NERDS, team 1726, came and collaborated as well:) We worked on fixing our lathe We worked on the...
Feb 7th
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Feb 7th
10 tags
Day 29
We finished our gear box for the turret We worked on the bumpers We CADed the lexan ball director We planned a lot of the Dell Presentation We made the turret spin! We worked on improving our driver station Main Achievement: WE FINISHED THE CHAIRMAN’S ESSAY AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Feb 6th
6 tags
Feb 6th
teenymeleeny asked: Representing Team 3402 the ROBOmonkeys! How goes it Crush? Are you guys going to be at the NC Regionals this year?
Feb 5th
4 tags
Day 28
We turned down and started milling holes on the gear spacer for our turret We finished milling the last wheel mount plate We did a ton of work on the chairmans award We started planning our Dell Presentation Main Achievement: Our drive train is entirely done
Feb 4th
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Feb 4th
6 tags
Day 27
Programmers set up the old robot so we can have drivers practice. They also found a make-shift bridge so they can still program while others drive. The programmers also cleaned up this years code! Animators did more general work on the animation and it is coming along nicely We worked more on milling our ball roller plates We turned down all of the ball roller end caps on the lathe We glued...
Feb 3rd
8 tags
Feb 3rd
5 tags
Day 26
Ordered our round belts! Flowing wells visited our shop and we let them use our lathe and mill to make rails for their robot and milling out a pocket for the bearings We worked on re-milling one of our mecanum wheel mount plates We attached the idler wheels We attached two of our mecanum wheels We figured out where the battery will be mounted We have a prototype turret that is almost...
Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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Day 25
We ordered our sticker paper Richard Tallman from Dell came and visited our shop and we told him all about our program. He promised support and brought along two servers and a battery. We also set up a presentation so he can bring other companies in and help get us more sponsors! We worked on editing our chairmans award, our business plan, and our team overview We reserved our spot at Duel in...
Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
January 2012
47 posts
10 tags
Day 24
Animators kept animating and did general work on the animation Programmers finished their encoder and it works! We helped the Bit Buckets with their Vision software Started welding our sub frame and our idler wheel mounts We finished writing all our name tags and they look adorable! We worked on milling pieces for our frame We turned down our roller end caps on the lathe We started...
Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Jan 31st
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Day 23
We cut out more of our frame We finished CADing our ball elevator and our tower and the supports for it We milled more holes in the new frame cutouts More frame welding done, Frame is almost done! We glued more designs into our buttons We started making Ball collector rollers The programmers checked the effects of angle, power, and etc for shooting and had great results! We worked on...
Jan 30th
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Day 22
Newsletter was sent out We fixed our shooter so we could use it for a demonstration We presented to elementary school kids at Math Matters we turned down the outer wheel hub some more We worked more on the mecanum wheel mount plates Programmers improved vision tracking Animators did more general work One of our members went to Phoenix to go collaborate with FIRST team 2403, Purple...
Jan 30th
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