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We are fully assembled (sans ramp and bumpers) and programming got the major functions working last night. Now comes the task of making them work well. We have found some design flaws in the arm but nothing we can't fix (parts on order.)

I think it would be great to have some eyes that know the game well take a look at Randy (the bots name.) Eyes that aren’t invested in the design and build can spot things that we may miss. Would you guys be interested in looking at Randy? We would reciprocate.

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I like how this topic went from the weather to robots...

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1018 has the chassis done (other than some essential flair), and the arm itself is done. We just need to finish the parts that connect the arm to the frame and the gripper. Programming is ready for the arm and the OI is almost done.

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Ain't FIRST grand? :D

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Back to weather....

Here @ Purdue (West Lafayette, IN) the weather is crazy. It's snowing, blowing, and drifting really bad. Purdue cancelled classes for the first time in a long time and i don't have to go back till Thursday. The county just declared a snow emergency and most of the stores around town are closed.

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With what seems to be half the country snowbound, I wouldn't be surprised to see a new record for number of people logged on to CD today.

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Lol, yeah. Good ole' Ohio weather, it never fails! Unfortunately, we really need all the time we can get, but obviously the whole Mid-West is expecting some pretty rough weather again. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next week. It's crunch time for us! Everyday, hour, minute is crucial to us. We don't even have our tower/arm done! :ahh:

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Yeah, we will be getting about 5-8 inches here in Armada, MI so we might not have school, but we will still have a build day because we don't meet at school we meet at a Ford Plant so its all good!:D

Hope everyone still gets their bots done. Good Luck:cool:

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Since the county sheriff would have arrested me if I drove home after 1pm today, we decided to stop working on the robot at 12:30. If school is closed tomorrow, but the roads are drivable, then we should get alot of work done.

Andy B.

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Right now in Richmond we are at 34F and raining, but the temperature is falling. If it gets low enough tonight, things are going to get real nasty by morning.

Wetzel

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The schools here will be closed tommorrow too. Some people are working at the shop tonight though.
Eric

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We're close to being done... 2 snow days definitely set us back. (we) programmers will be suffering more than usual... call it a smaller closet and less time.

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up in here in the rochester area we are going to see 16-24" of snow from late tonight through tomorrow, as of right now no schools are closed but that could change tomorrow BUT whether we have school or not our team will still be meeting :D

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My school closed tonight for tomorrow already....

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It is absolutely disgusting in Chicago... Due to my height I got the joy of having snow up past my ankles that penetrated my shoes and left me with a 2 hour commute home (it usually takes about an hour). School got cancelled at 5pm after I finished TAing my class and attending my classes. I guess school might be closed tomorrow, but you never know. To all of you working in old buildings, make sure snow isn't coming in through the windows onto the robot equiptment (we had to tape our windows shut). Snow + robots = bad news