Friday, January 30, 2015

Completed Squarebot

We finished our squarebot!







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squarebot

Our finished Squarebot structure!  We still have yet to finish putting the "accesories" like wheels, the brain, or the battery for example.


Day 8

We have made great progress with the construction of the squarebot on Solidworks.  After a minor set-back (we messed up on a part of the structure) we managed to solve the problem and are almost complete, we hope to have the squarebot done by today, but if not we are guaranteed to have it done by monday of next week. With the help of our peers we can get it done much faster.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Day 7

Today we are cracking down on the Solidworks squarebot and making sure we don't run into any dead ends like last week.  This week we hope to use our time more efficiently and finish the squarebot.  We also hope to use the help of some of the other teams so we can finish faster, but with great quality.

Friday, January 23, 2015

Day 6

This week we finally found the CAD files for the squarebot.  (They were part of the prototype kit).  We started creating a solidworks assembly with the parts and so far I've been able to complete one rail.  We feel that this week has been a success in jumpstarting our virtual builds so next week should go much faster.

Monday, January 19, 2015

Day 5

This week we aim to make friends with other groups.  Because we are already starting to have trouble finding the CAD files for the VEX parts we will have to team up with other teams in order to finish the Solidworks squarebot on time.  Once we figure out which files have the parts we need, we will start assembling them all in solidworks.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Day 4

Today we pretty much finished reading the Inventor's Guide.  I would say that this week was a success in that we even got a step ahead and learned the basics of coding the robot's brain.  We also had a 5-minute Fun Friday by trying out the new Google Translate app.  We should be able to begin constructing a virtual robot on Solidworks soon since we were unable to this week.

Monday, January 12, 2015

VEX ROBOTICS ACADEMY

Day 3

Today we found more links for guides to building VEX robots.  What we found especially helpful was a link to a page where we can download virtual VEX parts so we can put some robots together in Solidworks (no more MasterCam!).  This week we hope to begin construction on a virtual squarebot and find as much resources as possible.

VEX INVENTOR'S GUIDE

Today we continued editing our previous posts and pages on the blog.  We also looked into a new webpage pdf (the vex instructor's guide).  This webpage is full of instructions, tips and help for setting up and using various VEX parts.  This is especially important for the VEX logic parts.

Monday, January 5, 2015