Posted by Vince Wilczynski.
Engineer on team #124, Whalers, from New London / Montville/ Williams School and Notheast Utilities / US Coast Guard Academy.
Posted on 11/2/2000 6:53 AM MST
In Reply to: NOTICE TO ALL TEAMS, time to check in, please! posted by Mike Aubry on 11/1/2000 6:13 PM MST:
With our team spread out from IN to MA, getting an honest tab on where we stand is a bit tricky.... Having done these before, and knowing that you really don't know that you are in fact 'done' till you are competing in your first round, we will take a 5.
Some details. We have a design of the base and arm. We have a working prototype of a base that can scoot around. We have the actual base under construction in Kokomo with a report that it will be operational this weekend. We have an arm / ball pick up device that is built and is in Boston getting modified to actually hold a ball, and be mounted on the base. Some 'details' that remain are the component integration (scheduled to being on 11/10) and the inevitable revisions needed to make it work. It is, by design, a simple device, so the integration should not be very impossible (only mildly impossible).
If anyone is interested, the work is being 'coordinated' through our web site (
www.CGAteamUSA.org ) under the following links:
Design Forum: Chief Delphi Invitational
Design Gallery: Chief Delphi Invitational