Today we are trying to finish our solid works before the due date tomorrow, also we are helping out other groups with their robots so they can finish the challenge on time. Also today Mr. Martin said we have to put all of our coding on one brain, so we have Briston working on that.
Today we finally finished, we completed the challenge and got 120 percent! We were so happy to be the first group to finish, also we were happy that our robot drove smoothly, our battery didn't die, and our driving was A1!
Today we had to make a few changes to our shooter, we had to change our gear ratio, and also change the way we had it mounted on the robot. With the new mount it is way more accurate and shoots way further. Now we are finished with our robot, right as it is finished being mounted.
Today we added a second motor on our robot. We put this motor on the other side of our elevator. This makes it easier for our elevator to go up and down, it works a lot faster and smoother. After that we are almost done with our robot!
Guys this is a special moment our very own Nicholas Schwab is actually in contact with the robot rather than his usual position in front of the computer screen. Nick is the mastermind behind the solidworks build of the robot but its nice to see him working in a different environment. That's what this team is capable to do and makes its a good team. Everyone can evenly distribute work in every field of the build.
Today we ran into a problem with our shooter. We fixed the issue of the elevator, but now the elevator goes up and hits the gears on our shooter. Today we are working on raising the gears of the shooter, and changing the design of the shooter a little bit.