1726 progress - week 4

[sdcantrell56]

That is an awesome robot and especially this quickly. It is eerie how similar our designs are even down to the wood, but somehow you guys are ahead of us by at least a week. With all of this time to debug stuff you guys are going to be unstoppable. Good luck and I can't wait to see the finished product.

[Enigma's puzzle]

i however can wait to see the finished product, ill find a way to wait until the Championships, that is unless you are on our team.

But wow, im intimidated.

[pheadxdll]

Awesome looking robot. Just a quick question!

How are the balls in the spiral harvester fed to the top?

[MrForbes]

thanks for the kind words....

The balls are fed to the shooter by a small roller wheel just under it, at the top of the helix. This is another part we need to work on, the helix drives the balls up against this and the balls can sneak out around the part that is supposed to stop them. Today's challenge for the mechanism team is to design a cure for this problem.

The picture is a few days old, showing the roller on the prototype top part, looking up from below.

[Brandon Holley]

1726...GREAT JOB!!

Very impressive robot.

Kudos to you guys for getting this done this quickly.



GO NERDS

[spc295]

now the programmers get the robot right

[MrForbes]

What's interesting about this year, is that the programmers have already had the robot for most of the build season, and they got a head start by spending a few work sessions getting the new control system up and running before kickoff. We have a much bigger programming team than we've ever had (4-5 students vs. 1) and they are taking advantage of many of the features that LabView offers.

[Donut]

That's a deadly looking robot there! Have you gotten to testing while the trailer moves around yet (or is your strategy to wait for opportune moments)?

1726 has been one of the top teams at AZ since their inception (even with last year's electrical troubles they still had one of the best hurdlers there). With the experience of LA before the regional this year (and another 2 weeks to work on the robot) you're going to be difficult to contend with

Oh, and will that whole side panel for electronics be removable (or have a quick release cover)? That looks like a nice easy access design.