Build Season Plan - Weeks 1 & 2

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See this recent thread on kickoff day.

Here's our coarser build season plan. We're calling kickoff Day 0, and starting week 1 on Sunday.
Day 0- Saturday Jan. 9 2016 Kickoff

1. Kick off video
2. Print multiple copies of rules
3. Rules, Strategy, and research- break into sections for small group concentrations
4. Mentors- begin field layout/build
5. Lunch
6. Proto-ideas
7. Post meeting: leadership
8. Decide on 2 drive options
9. Settle on manipulation “direction”

Week 1
Day 1 Monday, Jan. 11

Pre-practice strategy meeting 4pm

Figure out how we will play FIRST Stronghold
Presentation of ideas
Narrow down to 2 ideas per manipulation
Field build- mentors and volunteers

Day 2 Tuesday, Jan. 12

1. Watch “Robot in 3 days” video
2. Finalize concepts
3. Sketch
   • measurements
   • materials
   • main points
4. Parts and materials inventory
5. Detailed time projections
6. Prototype to prove concept
7. Pseudo code begins

Day 3 Wednesday, Jan. 13

1. Optional Leadership meeting
2. Math and concept design

Day 4 Thursday, Jan 14

1. Finish prototyping to prove concepts
2. Eliminate
3. Breakdown projects- delegations
   • Sensors
   • chassis/drive
   • manipulator 1
   • manipulator 2
   • programming

Day 7 Saturday, Jan 16

1. Build begins
2. Materials lists/ BOM begins
3. Should have sketch by now
4. begin wiring diagram
5. begin code
6. Complete rolling chassis
   • basic for testing
   • alterations

Week 2
Day 1, Monday, Jan. 18

1. Build
2. Orders for parts should be placed
3. Driver scouting begins

Day 2, Tuesday, Jan. 19

1. Build cont.

Day 4, Thursday, Jan. 21

1. Build cont.

Day 6, Saturday, Jan. 23

1. Build cont.
2. Wiring diagram complete
3. Rolling chassis complete
4. Manipulator 1 mounting brackets and hardware
5. Manipulator 2 mounting brackets and hardware
6. Sensors mounting brackets and hardware
7. Frame construction underway
8. Programming cont.

Week 3

Day 1, Monday, Jan. 25

1. Driver tryouts begin
2. Build cont.

Day 2, Tuesday, Jan. 26

1. Build cont.

Day 4, Thursday, Jan. 28
Buildcont.

Day 6, Saturday, Jan. 30

1. Build cont.

Week 4

Day 1, Monday, Feb. 1

1. Build cont.

Day 2, Tuesday, Feb. 2

1. Build cont.

Day 4, Thursday, Feb. 4

1. Build cont.

Day 6, Saturday, Feb 6

1. Mostly complete drive-able robot

Week 5

1. Mardi Gras Week schedule TBD
2. Tweaking ‘bot 1
3. Complete 2nd robot
4. build bumpers for Peabody (or was it Atlas?) and t-shirt cannons for scrimmaging
5. Drive/ scrimmage

Week 6

1. Schedule TBD
2. Drive practice
3. Bag and Tag