Week 3: Where's your robot?

[JulieB]

We have a movable robot i predict we will have a start on the the other parts tonight.

[Alan Anderson]

I think our answer to this poll would have to be smeared across several of the options. Some pieces of the competition 'bot are already assembled, some are fully CADded up and ready for fabrication, some are fully designed in concept but not yet drawn up, and others are still in the doodling-on-a-napkin stage. The software is scattered across last year's robot, the kitbot chassis, and a growing collection of paper covered with geometry formulas.

[Joe J.]

We have a mobile robot using the KOP base and transmissions. We also have the upper frame mostly built. Arm is on the drawing board. Arm lift just about ready to build. And the gripper device is still in being thought up.

[Denman]

we are about 3-4 weeks ahead of previous years lol.... we have a programming team who are making stuff. Me and another guy are sorting out drive trains, hoping to have at least one wheel built by the weekend, the tetra manipulator has been scheduled for building on saturday... generally good for comparison to 3 days of frantic designing and building in the last 2 years!

[Billfred]

Electrical: We've got the Victors wired, and the drivetrain is turning in the right direction. Wheels mounted shortly.

Armory (get it? arm? (groan)): Still being worked on and tinkered with. We've got a pretty solid idea together; now we just have to implement it.

Software: Well, the robot's got motors running, doesn't it?

[Madison]

We are taking on a few tasks simulataneously.

Our chassis is being fabricated and should assemble very quickly once the remaining parts that we need arrive.

Lifting mechanisms are nearly complete in CAD form, though nothing has been done as far as fabrication for those parts. Parts for those mechanisms will be ordered tomorrow.

Grabbing mechanisms are still in the prototype stage with two main contenders vying for final implementation. That decisions relies somewhat on the final design and abilities of the lifting mechanisms.

I'm doing an unprecedented amount of feedback integration onto the robot systems this season -- moreso than anything I've done in previous years, but not necessarily anything to get excited about. Our autonomous strategy relies less on pie-in-the-sky idealism and more on determining what our robot is best at doing on the field and accomplishing that task autonomously.

[Daniel Brim]

Base: Mostly cadded, wired, but has not driven yet. (~1 day behind schedule)
Arm: Mostly cadded, final stage built and tested, lift being fabricated (on schedule)
Other peripherals: On drawing board

[sirbleedsalot]

Our base is done minus chain, our arm is still being debated, and we have not even had a chance to look at the programing due to computer access issue at school.

[sanddrag]

Chassis material bought and cut to length but still needs lots of machining and then welding. The transmission design is virtually complete. All the transmission parts are ordered and on their way. The transmission side plates and motor mount plates are all machined. Pillow blocks and gearbox standoffs are nearly done, just a few holes. We will start on wheels and gears hopefully by the end of this week. The arm is rough in CAD, and even rougher on paper. Parts ordering for the arm will begin on Wednesday. We need to figure out how to mount the arm to the frame. Programming team has put the camera on the olf robot and gotten it to chase people around. Still needs a good mount though.

[bradleym1559]

We have the chassis mostly built and the arm currently in redesign, parts being ordered today. We blew a speed controller before we even drove the thing so we're stuck in the water for now...but overnight mailing works wonderfully! Funny how things work. Good luck everyone!

[Koko Ed]

Sitting by the front door waiting for the architecture team to deal with it.
It's been dubbed X-WhAt(with an emphasis on the "A").

[Logan Byers]

We have over 90% of our robot in CAD. Our frame is planned out and ready to be welded. Our arm (i think) will wait for the frame to return. We have order most of our parts. And last but (definitely) not least, our Electronics should (and will) be planned and ready by the end of this week.

[Fixen]

Eh...we didn't start CADing it yet, but our guys are building the KitBot chassis and the gearboxes.

[Cyberguy34000]

For Week 4 I'll enable the you to vote for multiple choices. Any other suggestions for options?

[cnield]

Team 1318 has the KitBot Frame and transmissions assembled. Drivetrain is stalled because of a lack of support pieces/chain tensioners (They have been CADed and reupped, hopefully some progress will occur by our next meeting on Thurs.), We have investigated and scrapped three different arm designs. A gripper design looked most promising, but was eventually found to be impossible with parts provided. The base of the arm has been decided on (I think) but the gripper part/pick up has yet to be decided on. Electronics is DIW until arm specs are complete.