A photo of our robot, Yoshimi.
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A photo of our robot, Yoshimi.

We did not win, but we thought we would share this anyways

We compete at the Arizona Regional on March 22-24 and the Las Vegas Regional April 5-7. Amy other teams going to either of these?

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 pep assembly and presentations tomorrow. That way we can bag the robot right after.


ONE MORE DAY GUYS!! GOOD LUCK <3

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 to rotate the camera directly on the turret directly rather then the servos

  • We turned down more collector end caps on the lathe


Main Achievement: Programmers also adapted the shooter aiming code to use motor pulsing for fine control

Duel in the Desert

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
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Main Achievement: We can shoot baskets from the other side of the field

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

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  • We need to attach the limit switches

  • We want to make a ball guide for the elevator

Main Achievement: Our robot can collect, elevate, and shoot balls!

2012 Robot - Yoshimi
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2012 Robot - Yoshimi

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