how many teams are driving now?

[Greg Needel]

i realize that we have two weeks left and this is the traditional time that people's pile of bolts starts to move around the ground....so how about a status check for teams


73 and 1405 both drove today

73 has 3 subsystems still being worked on


where is your team at?

[Jay H 237]

Our chassis has moved under its own power unfortunately we did destroy both drill motors (not from driving though). Our other systems are still being fabricated and aren't mounted to the chassis yet. If no unforseen problems arise we should have the motors replaced and some of the other systems attached by the end of this week.

[Ryan M.]

We've driven around on our test course. Most of our subsystems are still being constructed, however.

[Redhead Jokes]

Not driving yet. But we're happy with what we got going.

[Austin]

Though, in previous years (at least '02 and '03, the first two years of my team involvement), our team has not been driving until the last week before ship date, we are nearing that point this weekend. We should be driving by tomorrow or Monday...all that needs to be done to drive is wiring. Our electrical better get to crackin'!

[edomus]

We have nothing done. Someone help!

[Nick R.]

Originally Posted by edomus

We have nothing done. Someone help!

if i could be of assistance
feel free: nikolay.roshtainsky@sympatico.ca

[Nick R.]

our robot is finaly moving today, nothing fancy, but i'm happy for what it is after working like mad on it for 3 weeks.
subsystems are in progress

[Gabriel]

Well we haven't driven yet but I'm happy to report our robot made its maiden flight today.

[Nick R.]

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Well we haven't driven yet but I'm happy to report our robot made its maiden flight today.

FLIGHT say's you?!?!!

[Joe Ross]

1405 is now not only driving but climbing the 6", as well as turning on a dime (even when heavily overweighted).

Beat that 73

[Alan Anderson]

Originally Posted by Austin

Though, in previous years (at least '02 and '03, the first two years of my team involvement), our team has not been driving until the last week before ship date, we are nearing that point this weekend.

We were actually driving a prototype drive base two weeks ago, in order to have something to use for software development. Then it got cannibalized for parts. Since then we've been testing out our software on a skeleton with one drive motor, one servo, and one proof-of-concept armlike thing with position feedback. As soon as the real drive base is ready for a brain transplant, we'll be driving again -- assuming everyone is using the same chart for input and output signal connections.

[zeep25]

team 369's robot is up and running for 3 days now ... finally ... now to spend some quality time on the rest of the parts

[Joshua May]

Team 1110 should have a rolling drive train by late Monday/early Tuesday, and hopefully a driving robot by the end of Tuesday. It's good to know that we are pretty much on track with the other teams as far as scheduling goes.

We also have a working prototype subsystem, we should hopefully be getting a working version of that by the end of this week.

[Austin]

Originally Posted by Austin

Though, in previous years (at least '02 and '03, the first two years of my team involvement), our team has not been driving until the last week before ship date, we are nearing that point this weekend. We should be driving by tomorrow or Monday...all that needs to be done to drive is wiring. Our electrical better get to crackin'!

Andy, Mark, Alan, etc. were driving the robot yesterday! I was not there, but I heard that it did an amazing job and was considerably lighter than last year's drive base. Light is good I am very glad that we're actually driving this "early" in the build season!