The angle of the shooter

Today we added a gear on both sides of the robot and the shooter, this gear is used to angle our shooter up and down, giving us a better advantage over shooting the ball in certain circumstances (also it looks cool). Also we are continuing to stay up to date on our solidworks robot, which is at the same stage as our real robot. Keeping everything on the same page makes it very easy to make changes and to add and subtract things we both need and don't need.

Elevator

Today we added a stabilizer to our elevator, it was very loose and weak before, but now that there is a lift on each side it is very stable. Also we finished coding, and building our launcher. We had to fix the gear ratio to make it shoot faster, and be more effective. 

Making Changes

Today we put more supports on our elevator system so it is not wobbly and unstable.Also we are modifying our whole robot because it exceeded the 18 inch rule, We are changing a few pieces out for some smaller pieces that are just as effective, and follow the 18 inch rule.

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: