February 18th - March 3rd
We would like to take a minute to apologize as we have noticed that we have never sent an application to become part of the Open Alliance and have unjustly put their name on our Build Thread. If there is a way to remove this from our topic name, please let us know. Thanks!
Intake and Shooter both were tested to ensure consistency. The Intake was tested at 50% speed and Shooter at 90% speed. Shooter was also mounted to the arms of the robot. After, Intake and Indexer were tested for effortless and synchronized motion. Now, Shooter is working well and just needs to be synced better with the Indexer of the robot.
Video of Intake
Video of Shooter
Bumper: Created one bumper that can alternate between red and blue with Velcro sides for efficiency and simplicity.
Image of Bumper in Progress
Climber arms: Consists of two telescopic arms with springs attached to falcon motors and a rope to either increase or decrease the arms’ heights.
Images of Climber Arms
Plugged robot data into Grafana, an open source platform that can help visualize data in a graphical way.
Video of Robot Arms on Grafana
Driving Practice with Hydra (Our New Robot Name): Big Shoutout to Franklin Public Library for all their time and support with our robotics team this season! They have been crucial for some critical testing of the robot (Hydra) and allowing us to practice driving around a designated space in the library.
Video of Driving Practice
Problems encountered, but fixed:
- One of the falcon motors had been not turning properly and kept making concerning noises. Was fixed with shorter screws.
- The USB port of a Neo Vortex motor was completely damaged. Was fixed by rewiring the circuit board of the port to allow for the devices to negotiate how much power to support.
March 4th - March 6th
Practiced driving at the library with new Speaker and with Completed Robot. Some things to keep in mind
- The Intake sometimes gets jammed (would most likely be fixed by being reversible)
- Notes occasionally get pas Indexer and end up in chassis of the robot
- Indexer wires came loose
Glimpse of our Drivers Practice
Image of Speaker
Image of Robot with Bumper
Additional Items: Created a part for an expired gear and to help center the note in the intake. Made of CF-Nylon and is very strong. Along with this was the sponsor plate that has all sponsors labeled on polycarbonate plate. Also installed LED lights to the robot for design and making it look more visually alluring overall.
Image of 3-D Printed Part for Expired Gear
Image of Sponsor Plate
Image of Final Version of Hydra
