FRC too easy...we're done :)

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by squirrel

We were in the same situation as you, then I woke up.....



now we're back to real life, with pretty much nothing made, but some preliminary designs that might actually work. It's almost time to order parts!

Ha! We're a day ahead of you! It IS time to order parts

[Otaku]

Originally Posted by JesseK

Ha! We're a day ahead of you! It IS time to order parts

Ha! We're a few days ahead of you! It's PAST time to order parts... we even have a non-kitbot chassis!

[MrForbes]

We've been moving a bit slowly, since we have a couple working chassis now that we can use to prototype manipulators on. But we need to get some parts on the way in the next day or two for sure!

[1619Aaron]

Wow, you guys are insane. We got most of the designs made in Autodesk and our chassis is built. Programming has the gyro working on our old proto chassis . May seem slow but this is so much better than the past 3 years.

[JesseK]

Originally Posted by Otaku

Ha! We're a few days ahead of you! It's PAST time to order parts... we even have a non-kitbot chassis!

We had a prototype chassis last week. It's complete with PVC chain tensioners, wrong-sized omni wheels, and a broken weld! We're at least 10 days ahead of where we were last year in this regard.

Was really nice to see it fly down the hallway last night.

[BRAVESaj25bd8]

WOW! Great job guys! Congrats on finishing so fast, it's really impressive. I hope you take all of the suggestions you've seen throughout the thread and implement them. Also, you could think about talking to some nearby teams regarding a pre-ship practice. Also, I would recommend doing a lot of practice/troubleshooting time in the next few weeks. Don't wear the robot out but make sure that any parts that might break do (so you can fix them before competition). Remember that a key part of the engineering process is to design AND OPTIMIZE.

Once again, though, congrats on finishing so early. I'm sure your enthusiastic couple weeks of work will inspire at least a few others out there. Way to go!

[Alan Anderson]

The students were driving around the track at ludicrous speed yesterday, seeing how many laps could be done in two minutes. The Software group* has some code ideas for making the turns a little more coordinated. But since we want to be more than a rabbot(tm) this year, we've got quite a bit more work to do.


* Yes, there's a TechnoKats Software group this year. Multiple students have actually had their fingers on the keyboard and mouse, creating code for 1) the tabletop programming testbed, 2) a pneumatics demonstration setup, 3) our Mecanum drivebase, and 4) last year's practice 'bot/T-shirt cannon. Our previous student programmer graduated last year, but he's been visiting the shop regularly during his extended semester break, and he did some tweaking to our 2007 competition 'bot code as well.

[Éowyn]

Originally Posted by Donny_Fresh

ok so basically we've been working nonstop for the last 2 weeks on our robot and we have to say we are proud. it stands strong and strudy. very very amazing. we are so surprised to have finished the robot running and working efficiently. we're able to complete the task and score up to 80 points in the time givin, and thats excluding hybrid mode. so yea just to keep you guys updated...how's everyone else doing?

Fresh

Are you serious, or just pulling our leg?

[waialua359]

Teams would finish a whole lot faster if we didnt have to wait for parts to come in to try what we designed.
Not like our LEGO team who searches a LEGO bin finding what they need in a matter of several seconds or so........

[Chris Fultz]

I am still waiting for the Kick-Off and announcement about the game.
Isn't that this weekend?

[ScottieDo555]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

I am still waiting for the Kick-Off and announcement about the game.
Isn't that this weekend?

are you joking?? it was like 3 weeks ago.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Chris Fultz

I am still waiting for the Kick-Off and announcement about the game.
Isn't that this weekend?

Originally Posted by ScottieDo555

are you joking?? it was like 3 weeks ago.

Takes a little longer for Hoosiers, don'tch know?

[BRAVESaj25bd8]

Originally Posted by ScottieDo555

are you joking?? it was like 3 weeks ago.

10 days ago actually. Isn't it funny how so much has happened since then though?

[GBIT]

We are sooooooo behind we lost two days to snow days (if school gets cancelled so do we) and now we lose a week to midterms (cant meet then either, school rule), and because of the snow yesterday we lose MLK day (one of our only full work days) because midterms extend to tuesday and we can't meet before the day a midterm either.




so yea...

were behind but not dead yet...we at least have the start to a drivetrain and a prototype arm.

[Dr Nick]

Done already? You obviously haven't over-engineered enough

We're pretty much where we are every year except now I am swamped by Junior Year and it will be a challenge doing as much as i have done in past years.