This year one of our teams mentors is backing to spend more time with his family. I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to write up a schedule for the build season. Looking for feedback on what I have so far.
Code:
Week 1
Awards Committee / Marketing:
Update Chairman's Award
Look into other awards
Take pictures
Update Website and Calendar
Weekly update on facebook of progress
Videos of progress
Mechanical:
Analyze the game
Take notes on what is the best way to score
Where is the best place to score from
Look up different designs
Prototype different ideas out of cardboard, wood, legos etc.
Working prototypes by the end of the week
Start putting prototypes in CAD
Electrical:
Look up how to wire the robot
Read the rules on wire sizing
Test bed by the end of the week
Look into pneumatics
Programming:
Look up how to install C++
Look up basic programming tutorials
Install Microsoft visual studio
Cplusplus tutorials
Week 2
Awards Committee / Marketing:
Chairman’s should be near completion
Other awards should be started
Take pictures and update social media
Video of progress
Mechanical:
Narrow down to 3 prototype designs
Should be drawn roughly in CAD
Prototypes should be working
Bill of materials
Bumper Started
Electrical:
Test bed should be working
Start pneumatics test bed
Programming:
Cplusplus tutorials
Data types
Functions
Visual Studio examples
Start looking into really programming on the test bed
Week 3
Awards Committee / Marketing:
Finalizing other awards
Pictures
Social Media
Mechanical:
One final working prototype
Drawn in CAD
Order parts if needed
Base should be build by end of the week
Bumpers started
Electrical:
Pneumatics board should be done
Wiring sensors?
Gyro
Accelerometer
Limit Switches
Programming:
Test board should be fully working
Pneumatics should be fully working
Look into sensors
Week 4
Awards Committee / Marketing:
Finish awards
Pictures
Social Media
Mechanical:
Building final design based off CAD drawings
Debugging robot
Bumpers done
Electrical:
Wiring Robot
Programing:
Programming actual robot
Week 5
Robot Done
Working on Auto
Driving and debugging
Week 6
Robot Done
Working on Auto
Driving and debugging