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Well I don't know if my team is behind or on schedule but were just getting to build the electronics board and cutting the frame. Although we have ordered most of the important supply's we need such as wheels and game pads to control the robot with. Because our team grew larger since last year I think we'll get things done quickly though.

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we are a little bit behind schedule, but not by much, maybe a day or two, we should have the chassis 100% complete tomorrow morning, and driving. then we can get the tower set up and the end effector built, I hope we can finish lol:yikes:

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We are somewhat on schedule (ahead of where we were in 2005 but behind where we were last year). The real issue is going to be weight...

For pictures of our progress to date check out

http://www.joemenassa.com/robotics2007day24.html

Good luck to everyone with keeping on track!

RAZ

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i dont know what is your definition on "on schedual"?

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i pushed the wheeled chassis across the floor today:yikes:

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last time I checked, we never created a schedule, I have nothing to compare our status too...hmmm...but Im sure we'll have a robot done in time-i hope :)

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I said we were ahead of schedule Burks. I mean come on, we were being HUGELY optimistic with finishing in 4 weeks, and we are on top of things this year! :D

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Today we made a ton of progress, and dare I say, back on schedule. We are having some issues with our sprocket orders coming in, but right now we are working around that by doing everything else, then just attatching sprockets and chain when they come. The chassis is pretty much 100% done and driveable, once our sprockets come in that is. The electronics are mounted, hooked up, and organized nicely. We also finished cutting and assembling the 80/20 for our manipulators, so they are ready to be mounted and tested tomorrow. It was a long work week, but we did get back on schedule, which is good because we are most likely losing Friday unless I transport the robot to my home shop and work there, which might be pointless anyway seeing as we should be done all that can be without those parts.

My guess is that by mid next week this thing should be 100% finished, building-wise that is. That leaves a little more than a week and a half to program, test, fine tune, re-engineer, and practice, which is better than past years where we were literally working up till the FedEx truck arrived.

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Our robot is finished (1st phase), ready to test. However, the fine tuning, programming, calibrations, etc. take a lot of time. AND, our drivers are terrible at the moment (new this year). Cant emphasize enough that driving is a KEY part of prepping during the 6 weeks. Robots, IMO, should be done at the latest after 5 weeks.
To ensure this, we spent many weeks prior getting things ready rather than waiting until kickoff. Veteran teams do this and/or have materials ready.
I understand that not every team can do this, like US. But there is a lot of things that teams should and can do to not waste unnecessary time.
:D :D

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We are currently doing fine and hope to be completely (mechanically) finished by next weekend. After that we can program, wire, and test it.

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it drives:D :] :yikes:

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as an update to what I said, we are on schedule now lol. Half our arm is done and running, our chassis drives now, and we have fixed most errors in what has been programmed so far I feel much better lol

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Eh, we're currently about 2-3 good days behind, but we should catch up Saturday with luck. Designs for the ramp and manipulator are nearly completely hashed out- just final dimensioning and fabrication/welding, and the electrical/pneumatics are done, organized, and troubleshot for the most part. Drive base is up and running like a champ, and if we can get back onto schedule shortly, we should have a little over a week for programming, troubleshooting, practice, and dare I say...powder coating?

We are definitely more organized this year than we have ever been, in 9 years.

Hope everybody can stay sane for the home stretch!

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came home today, we are a little behind schedule nothing a little weekend can not fix. hopefully our arm and manipulator will be mounted tomorrow, and then the rampS!

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it's going to be a race with the devil. (FedEx dude)