Scrum Notes > Monday, February 3

Scrum Notes

Notes 

  • Roll Bars (Brown)
    • Second roll bar struts cut and ready to be put together
    • Both roll bars trimmed to allow for gear motor insertion

 

  • Second Robot (Baum)
    • Finished mounts for the El Toro
    • Cut winch cross members
    • There is now a bin for robot 2 parts — please use and do abuse

 

  • Safety (Lee)
    • Spent the day pulling together safety sheets for all of our flammable chemicals

 

  • Catapult (Liu, Wells)
    • Working on bearings for catapult pivots
    • Gearboxes are coming along
    • Have worked out most of the space claims — will have to narrow the catapult EMT to 15″ wide
    • Looking forward to getting everything bolted together (next 24 hours!)

 

  • Power board (Roche, English)
    • Talons mounted for El Toro and wheels (still need controllers for winch — ready, but need to go)
    • Mounted to the roll bar
    • Running out of 40amp ports (saving them for catapult)
    • Trying to run window motor on 20amp ports
    • May need a second digital sidecar to accommodate all the encoders

 

  • Laser Cutter Operational (Battis)
    • Cut a boatload of triangles for catapult gearbox case
    • Lexan cuts nice, our Bayer polycarbonate cuts… excitingly!

 

  • El Toro (Alipour)
    • A limit switch mounted (lots of fiddly bits), second one in progress

Priorities

Must

These will happen no matter what

  1. Drive
  2. Herd
  3. Score >= 6 pts
  4. Bumpers
  • Do this first week, while prototypers prototype
  • Documentation

Should

Prioritize, try to get to as many as possible

  1. Maneuverable (drive train and practice)
  • Mecanum wheels
  • Hold (hardware) a. with potential to shoot if that system comes online b. Loading (hardware) — might not even need this
  • Shoot 8’ (hardware)
  • Some aiming (software)
  • Second robot for driving practice/thinkin’

If Time Permits

Reach goals

  1. Catch
  2. Differential power settings
  3. Vision system
  4. Modular goalie arm (sub 30 lb, replace shooter at competition)

Housekeeping

  • Clean up after yourself
  • Help teammates clean up after themselves
  • We don’t leave until we scrum… we don’t scrum until the shop is clear
  • Half-finished projects go on shelves, not the floor
  • Scrap is only useful if it’s stock, stock is only useful if it’s organized

Robot Deadlines

Jan. 11: Drivetrain

Jan. 15: Mock Thrower

Jan. 22: El Toro/Vomiter

Jan. 25: Manual Catapult

Jan. 29: Gearbox

Feb. 1: Catapult Complete

Feb. 8: Finish Mechanicals

Side Projects

Things we can do before we have a design finalized…

Leave a Reply