Notes
- CAD (Niles, Joey, Ryan L.)
- Have collected all of the parts for the design on on leftmost computer
- Committing to GitHub
- Ready to build stuff in CAD
- Software (Kevin, David B.)
- Working on sensors (know what we need to do… don’t have time today)
- Working on sonar range-finder first — seems to be hooked up and working and reading a distance in inches in the software. Whee!
- Need to find a way to get encoders hooked up to Mecanum — we have bought the parts
- Wiring (Roche, Ryan A.)
- New and improved, compact wiring board (with vertical orientation!)
- Possible lexan housing?
- Want to know how much headroom the board will really have (need to complete the catapult)
- Practice Arena (Liu, Brown)
- Have two horizontal vision targets
- Can hang the top rail from the bridge in the Atrium
- Mule Chassis (Cynthia, Jane, Will)
- Ready to mount gearboxes, but need bolts
- Wheels are ready to go
- Kicker (Eacho, Wells)
- Finished prototype kicker last night
- Successfully airborne
- For a kicker, you need to get way under the ball (which means the ball has to be lifted high before being kicked)
- Argues against using the kicker (underhand vs. overhand when compared to catapult)
- Catapult (Eacho, Wells)
- Fiddling with lengths of conduit for the catapult (fitting it within the frame of the robot)
- Advanced Topics in Physics has run calculations on all of the physics/dimensions for a catapult (shooting distance, tension, etc.)
- Bumpers (Wells & Wells)
- Frames are constructed
- Need to modify the chassis so that bolt heads are flush (to provide full contact with bumper)
- Suggestion: a sheet of lexan with countersunk panhead bolts instead of hexheads on outside of chassis
- El Toro (Eacho, Wells)
- Started ballparking space claims for El Toro, Catapult, electronics
- Mystery about where the winch straps will go
- Drive Team (Battis, Eacho, Wells)
- Chris Young, Channing Weymouth, Neil Cifuentes (and probably Brian Geraghty) all excited about talking strategy
- Should start coalescing a core drive team to meet with the athletic department and talk strategy (and start practicing driving)
- Shopping List
- 24 * 10-32 x 1/2″ bolts
- Adhesive velcro strips for D-Link
- More burly helping hand for soldering
- Need more reflective tape
- Parts for low goal
- Bolts for mule gearboxes
- Conduit for catapult
- Springs
Priorities
Must
These will happen no matter what
- Drive
- Herd
- Score >= 6 pts
- Bumpers
- Do this first week, while prototypers prototype
- Documentation
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Should
Prioritize, try to get to as many as possible
- 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’
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If Time Permits
Reach goals
- Catch
- Differential power settings
- Vision system
- Modular goalie arm (sub 30 lb, replace shooter at competition)
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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
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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…
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