WEEK 6

February 13-18

    This week has been crunch time because this is the last week to get everything done!!

    This week the programmers encountered a couple of problems when they were trying to fix the code for the robot.  They still managed to pull through and fix the problems.  One of the problems was that some of the wheels were starting late but they fixed it.  On Monday they went through the code and added a couple of things to help balance the motors. Wednesday they worked on the autonomous mode.  On Thursday they fixed up the code so that way it can see the target.  They also wrote more codes and worked with the controllers.  Kristen and Lauren were in charge of making minor changes to the code because there really was no way that they could equal an exact angle.

    This week the web team has been working very hard.  We all took a page on the site that wasn't done yet and started to finish it.  We came across a few problems but it wasn't anything to big the work is still getting done.  Tuesday most of the team stayed to work on the pages.  We are all helping each other that way everything gets done.

MR. SCHUETZE'S WEEKLY UPDATE

February 15, 2006

 

A major week with a major crisis:
We are down to just two nights and one day of build left.
Major issue was realized last night when the frame was checked for the xx time and this time it was 28.25 inches wide and the limit is 28.

Nothing to decide but remove one side of the chassis and move everything 1/2 inch inward and shorten rollers and the Con-Vader by 1/2 inch. That wiped out the entire evening. It is all back together at this point.

The ball Cascade is still coming together and we are back to running chain on both sides of the drum roller to drive each ziptie sweeper bar.


Punch list for Thursday evening

Mount the drum with new Al hubs.
Chain the ziptie sweeper bars
Mount the Ball Cascade
Add transition piece from Con-Vader to Cascade
Mount plexi shield to electronics boards
Mount frame/shield around the CMU2 camera
Mount Battery
Complete the jig to hold the robot in the crate
Paint the new logo on the crate

 

-APS

 

LOG ENTRIES

Well on saturday we worked on a few things with the camera. However we couldn't get it to grab a frame. We went throught all the code and we didn't find the reason why it was doing that. Turns out it was just a low battery. Very Happy

-Phoenix

ok, so we worked on the code to fix the wheels that were starting late. First, we encountered a problem. We tried lots of different things undoing then redoing, until finally, we found out it was the trim. Or, at least I think so. So, we still need to figure some numbers out. Shocked

-EXempt

Today we balanced the motors. Then we started working on the FIND state some more. We're fixing up the code for seeing the target. Me and Lauren's mission is to make some minor change in the code because there is no way we can equal an exact angle. Shocked

-EXempt

Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:09 am 

Today we fixed up the search routine. We tested the search routine in Dev-C++. It worked so hopefully when we get our robot hooked up it goes well. We also talked over our FIRE routine. Next time we're going to pull out our state machine so we can use it for other parts in the code. Shocked

Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:15 am  

Yesterday we worked on the search function and the modulo so we can read the gyro. I was caught up on what I'd missed this week because I was sick. The twins worked on the code for the autonomous mode. I've been participating for weeks but haven't been able to make any posts at all due to technical difficulties and lack of internet at home. I've helped code for the camera, the joystick controls, the autonomous mode, and balancing the motors. I will continue to log on and keep track of my participation. Sayonara! Cool

-Chris

Posted on: 02-14-2006

Today I interviewed Alex, Bethany, and John and I also took pictures at the workshop that took most of my time well thats what i did today

-Evelyn

Posted on: 02-18-2006

Today was our last Saturday!  Well today the 8th graders had that botball going on so Natasha and I were over there interviewing and taking some pictures of their work.  I also interviewed some of the guys that were at the workshop.  They were cutting some pipes for the botball.  After that I put the audio files onto the computer and edited them.  I also added new content onto the audio page. Well its like crunch time and we are just putting our finishing touches onto the webpage.

-Evelyn

Posted on: 02-20-2006

That day was the last Saturday of the competition.  I had to rearrange the site because the last time I worked on it, it didn't save right so I had to put the new photos which were resized again next to the name and set them as thumbnail.  I went downstairs to help Evelyn with her interviews from the students working with the Bot Ball.  We were here pretty late.

 

-Jess

 

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 11:39 am

this week as of week six, i finished the robot mount that goes in the crate. i hope that works out well and that no wood cracks. i remember working on the ball cascade i believe at the end of week 5 or the beginning of week 6, but we ended scratching out that whole idea. it was rebuilt and is almost finished. i fabricated the motor mount for the window motor on saturday. i would like to think that we are almost done but we're nt even close. on monday, i want to see whats left to do as far as function. i am also going to check that the robots bolts are tightened and no more rough edges. i want the team to get motivated and know that we can finish the robot on time. on saturday, i also helped clean the shop, still needs more work of course.

 

toltechguy07

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:07 am 

YaY!! Very Happy OuR RoBoT ShOoTs ReAlLy SwEeT!! It'S So AwEsOmE It AcTuAlLy MaDe MoSt Of ThE ShOtS. Me, LuCiAn, AnD GiLbErT StAyEd TiLl ArOuNd 10:30p.m Or LaTeR Shocked JuSt TrYiNg To PuT ThE FiNiShInG ToUchEs On ThE RoBoT AnD FiXiNg SoMe PrObLeMs We HaD. So OuR NeXt StEp Is PlAcInG WeLl In HoUsToN.

 

-James Dean

 

THE FINAL HOURS