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- What did I do today?
- What will I do tomorrow?
- What’s standing in my way?
Our Main Robot (Mr. Wells, Mr. Battis)
- Today
- Complete robot is in the bag
- 4 problems
- the flipping mechanism’s current design requires too much force
- hence, gears in the gearbox is destroyed
- E1 elevator switch is not reliably being triggered
- weight
- ordered aluminum sprockets and weld them together
- sprockets will be here Tuesday
- Planning
- Needs to be weighted
- Change # of teeths on the sprocket (Hopefully without changing where the bolt goes in)
- Add 3566 logo on back and front
- Create a second conveyor belt
- let’s keep the belt clean
- OnlineMetals is out of polycarbonate until Feb 20th
- 7-Hour left: use it in two sessions
- carefully planning required BEFORE we open the bag
Second Fourlink (Mr. Battis)
- Today
- top and bottom arms constructed
- put it on the frame to have both 1. driving practice with elevator and 2. fourlink experiment
- Planning
- make a frame to mount the axles on
Award (Cynthia, Niles)
- Today
- Chairman’s Award is DONE (will be submitted in 20 min)
- Planning
- apply for the Engineering and Design Award
Second Robot (Niles)
- Today
- Marked the chassis to drill holes on and to cut
- Missing spacers and bearings for the 671 Gearbox (the new gearboxes)
- Planning
- apply for the Engineering and Design Award
