10 OCT 24
1530-1930
Talk about a productive night!
Lets check our task list
Intake Transfer on ORANGE - IN PROGRESS
Mount Specimen Holder to BLACK - DONE
Finish Wiring and Mapping on BLACK - DONE
Print Number Plate Holders and Mount on both Robots - PARTIAL
Bucket Assembly Idea - Print basic Bucket - IN PROGRESS
Load Code onto BLACK and test Specimen system - DONE
Extension Wiring Ideas and Planning - IN PROGRESS
Intake Transfer
We’ve gone from the aluminum mock up to a 3d printed version. Our main concern is the transfer and we realized that for a part of the transfer we could easily lose control of the sample. No bueno.
The new intake uses a servo to intake the sample and a second servo as a “gate” to allow it to exit when we choose. The whole time we get positive control.
Our TPU intake wheels need some revisions, so we’ve got another version being printed by a team member.
Another issue has popped as to the rigidity of the intake slide. It’s not as tight as we’d like it, so we’re mulling this one over.
Bucket
Now that we have a location for the transfer the bucket team has started digging into things.
Code
We loaded code onto BLACK and did some driving! This is our first year with Android Studio so we had a few bumps but I’ll call this a solid end for the day. Our main programming mentor will be back next week and we can really start the fine tuning.
https://i.imgur.com/C4V1DGa.mp4
MONDAY
Mount number plate holders on both robots.
Print TPU battery holders. (PETG has been too brittle)
Finish Intake and Test (Not many words for a big task)
Basic Bucket & Servo Rotation Mount
Test specimen system on the field
Build on code
Wiring - Clean up and Organization
…the climb