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

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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 E-board and planned the wiring for the turret

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

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