[Ianworld]

well, our drivetrain is running... sort of. We've tested our two speed kit of parts gearbox. It works, could use a little tweaking, but if it had to go on a final robot it would work. Tomorrow the rest of the parts for it come in, wheels(assembly required), some more pulleys and belts. All of which will require some machining. So it should be rolling aorund by friday. Our forklift(its not still one, but the names stuck) just was redesigned again. But thankfully every redesign simplifies its construction, which amazes me. A semi-final prototype of it could be working by this weekend. The actual final design should be built by the middle of next week. Our secret magic mechanism is still being tested, its something thats very prototypeable so its going through revision after revision. Currently its far from completion though. Pretty good progress i think.