pic: Programmers Wiring the New Robot

[Roger]

After waiting for the electrical division two of our programmers took on the task of wiring our new summer project: a holonomic robot. After a couple hours JohnG on the right and Good Brian got it wired plus a couple things the shop forgot. They and a couple others are learning robot programming, ever since we realized the Other Brian really truly was graduating this year after many years being the programmer.

All the metalwork was done in our shop using a Prototrak to do the shapes and openings. Some of the more fancier work can be seen on the scoop inside our winning 2009 robot "The Can" in the background. I've heard that the design/drafting department will have some renderings to post before school lets out.

I'm pleased to say the robot worked the first time it started up -- no magic smoke! It was a little confused as it had the cRIO code of our prototype robot off the side to the left, but no doubt the programming crew will have that fixed by the end of today.

We have a couple of projects for the summer, besides this little robot, meeting once a week until the fall.