1241 THEORY6 2016 CAD and Prototype Resources Release

[Jash_J]

Originally Posted by OccamzRazor

That is an excellent prototype! I can see how you had one of the best robots in the world this time around. Out of curiosity, which week did you have that prototype completed?

The prototype was completed by the end of week 1.

Originally Posted by mr.roboto2826

Would you be able to explain the timeline you guys went through to produce your prototype robot so quickly? How many people were involved with prototype CAD? 8 days seems incredibly quick to turn out a fully working prototype (none the less a fully competitive one). Great work, one of my favorite robots this year!

Day 1 :
- Read/understand the rules
- Scoring analysis and determine game play strategy
- Outline clear needs, wants and wishes for what the overall robot should include.

Day 2:
- Determined detail requirements for each sub assembly of the robot
- Broke off into groups and brainstormed various ideas for each sub assembly
- These ideas were presented and voted for. Ideas with the most votes are prototyped
- Parametric analysis is conducted

Day 3-4:
- CAD prototype - About 10 students were involved in this, 2 students per subgroup (drive, intake, conveyor, popper, shooter).

Day 5-7:
- Build prototype

Day 7-8:
- Test Prototype

In order to survive the first week, we included things to look forward to such as a mentor vs student dodgeball game at the end of the first week. We also ensured the students had different food to eat every day when they came in (aka, not just pizza) - they were quite happy about this.