Midwest Weather?

[Samuel H.]

Our school is closing early today... so unfortunately we cannot work on the robot... and we needed the time. Life shall be interesting.

[Joe Matt]

School's closed at UD. Despite our presence in the great state of Ohio, we have the snow patroll quality of Richmond, VA.

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Samuel H.

Our school is closing early today... so unfortunately we cannot work on the robot... and we needed the time. Life shall be interesting.

This is not good news. When last I looked (late Saturday) we had a chassis and we had an arm, but the two had not been properly introduced. Looks like they are in for a whirlwind courtship when the weather improves.

No joy in frozen St. Louis.

[Ryan Dognaux]

Class canceled at Purdue for the next 24 hours - hasn't happen in a long time, I'm happy

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

Class canceled at Purdue for the next 24 hours - hasn't happen in a long time, I'm happy

Last time it happened was in 1999 - they canceled school the night before, expecting temperatures in the -teens; turns out the meteorologists were wrong that time and we spent a balmy 30* day on Slayter Hill.
I'm sure you've figured out by now that they don't so much clear the sidewalks as they polish them.

IndySam - come on over, and if you want, you can bring your bot too. Got this big ol' rack and nobody to play with.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by boiler

Last time it happened was in 1999 - they canceled school the night before, expecting temperatures in the -teens; turns out the meteorologists were wrong that time and we spent a balmy 30* day on Slayter Hill.
I'm sure you've figured out by now that they don't so much clear the sidewalks as they polish them.

IndySam - come on over, and if you want, you can bring your bot too. Got this big ol' rack and nobody to play with.

We will be working all weekend. It would be fun to come over for a pre-ship scrimmage. How far along are you guys?

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by IndySam

We will be working all weekend. It would be fun to come over for a pre-ship scrimmage. How far along are you guys?

Assuming all the fabricated parts come in tomorrow and we are in school the rest of the week, we should be fully assembled by Friday. We're anxious to play with (and fully program) Lollipop.
I understand 234 is very close as well; I haven't heard from any of the other Indy teams (868, 1018, 1024, 1741, 2277). How about you?

[JudyVandy]

You're sending it off to us! Thanks.

Looks like we're going to miss 2 build days: today and tomorrow because of early dismissal followed by a snow day. And our schools are in the middle of state testing! Help!!!

[ebmonon36]

1018 has the chassis done (other than some essential flair), and the arm itself is done. We just need to finish the parts that connect the arm to the frame and the gripper. Programming is ready for the arm and the OI is almost done.

[IndySam]

Originally Posted by boiler

Assuming all the fabricated parts come in tomorrow and we are in school the rest of the week, we should be fully assembled by Friday. We're anxious to play with (and fully program) Lollipop.
I understand 234 is very close as well; I haven't heard from any of the other Indy teams (868, 1018, 1024, 1741, 2277). How about you?

We are fully assembled (sans ramp and bumpers) and programming got the major functions working last night. Now comes the task of making them work well. We have found some design flaws in the arm but nothing we can't fix (parts on order.)

I think it would be great to have some eyes that know the game well take a look at Randy (the bots name.) Eyes that aren’t invested in the design and build can spot things that we may miss. Would you guys be interested in looking at Randy? We would reciprocate.

[Michael Hill]

I like how this topic went from the weather to robots...

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

I like how this topic went from the weather to robots...

Ain't FIRST grand?

[Clark Gilbert]

Back to weather....

Here @ Purdue (West Lafayette, IN) the weather is crazy. It's snowing, blowing, and drifting really bad. Purdue cancelled classes for the first time in a long time and i don't have to go back till Thursday. The county just declared a snow emergency and most of the stores around town are closed.

[Taylor]

With what seems to be half the country snowbound, I wouldn't be surprised to see a new record for number of people logged on to CD today.

[efoote868]

Originally Posted by boiler

I understand 234 is very close as well; I haven't heard from any of the other Indy teams (868, 1018, 1024, 1741, 2277). How about you?

We're close to being done... 2 snow days definitely set us back. (we) programmers will be suffering more than usual... call it a smaller closet and less time.