The Shooter

Today we started to build the shooter in solid works, also we finished coding our PIC remote. We will be using PIC to control half of our robot, and vex for the other half. This makes for smoother operation, and less things for the driver to do at once.

The Backbone

Today we got up to speed with the solid works and robot. Now we are not behind, and everything we make on our robot we can immediately build on the solid works. Today we build the part on our robot to hold our brains, also we built this in solid works.

Finishing up

Today we got lots of tasks done. First we finished our launcher, then Nick started coding our launcher.  We also attached our conveyor and elevator to one another and they tested moving the elevator up and down.  Soon we will start attaching the launcher to the robot.

Checkpoint 1 - Solidworks

The Juggernaut:

No Days Off

Even though we had a day off yesterday we are back at it by attaching the elevator onto the rack and pinion. The elevator is the second to last piece that is left to attach to the robot, the last item is the shooter. Once we attach the elevator we can have a place to hold the balls and compete in the challenge of picking up four wiffle balls onto the robot. Hopefully by next week we have the elevator tested in the field and in mock scenarios.  

School and Solidworks

Today part of the engineering room was transformed into a film set. Several students (including our own Nick, Drew, and Moshe) participated in filming a video that the school plans to submit to an organization created by Steve Jobs to reform American public education.  After ranting about public school curriculums and making answering satirical questions our group focused on the Solidworks robot. Will and Jaret are working on the conveyor and shooter while Nick continues to push through the main robot.

This is a picture of a file of vex parts that comes with solidworks.

Heads Up

Today we tested out the quality and type of backboard we want for the competition and of course we have to test it with style. Henry putting his fingers and face on the line for some experiments with wiffle balls beamed at him. But the real purpose was to see where the ball would hit the backboard and come out.