Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra This is a picture of the robot. A lot of electronics and bumper-related tasks still need to be done, but most of the mechanical stuff is almost completely assembled/installed. Things that are done All belts are installed Intake, Hopper, Shooter are ready for electronics Things…
Day 54: Comp Bot Assembly 8 – The Big Belt Package (2/26/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra Belts Today, we finally got our shipment from SDP/SI. If we had not contacted them about our belt shipment, it would have arrived in April, which is a ways away. Anyways, now that we have our belts, we installed as many as we could onto the comp…
Day 55: Comp Bot Assembly 7 – Blocked by the Caucus (02/25/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Today was a short day because there was a caucus for local Eden Prairie officials, and we are not allowed to have robotics from 6 to 8 on election days. As a result, robotics was only from 3 to 5:30. Nevertheless, we were able to…
Day 52 – Comp Bot Assembly 6: Bumpers (5/24/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Bumpers Today, the comp bot bumpers were covered with fabric. They are almost complete. The remaining tasks are to Cut and apply numbers (in progress) Make and install bottom brackets (in progress) Make and install top brackets (not yet started) Also, for the first time,…
Day 51 – Spark Says: Your KF is negative eight billion (2/23/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Roller Omnis Throughout our testing, we found that the third intake roller bar did not consistently get balls into the hopper. Often times, balls would get stuck between the airpods and the roller. To fix this, we experimented with replacing the third roller bar (1.7”…
Day 50 – Comp Bot Assembly 5: Loctite (02/22/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra Practice Bot Drivetrain During some robot testing today out in the commons, the practice bot drivetrain became busted. One of the bolts on the pneumatic wheels came loose and got caught in the chain. This broke the chain masterlink and bent a plate that was a part…
Day 49 Comp Bot Assembly 4: The Lathe is Bad (2/21/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Comp Bot Spacers Today, we decided that waiting for two mentors to be in the room at the same time would delay our schedule too much. So, we decided to close the room for a little bit so that a crew could go up to…
Day 48 – Comp Bot Assembly 3: Return of the Waterjet (2/20/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra Waterjet Run + Hopper Assembly Today, we got comp bot parts back from the waterjet. These include the climber hook, the climber winch plate, and the two hopper plates Above: A short clip of the bottom hopper plate getting waterjet. You can see water bubbling out of…
Day 47 – Comp Bot Assembly 2: SMH Vex (02/19/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Applying Loctite to Falcons We fixed a minor issue with our competition robot drivetrain Falcons. There is a small performance issue with Falcons where the internal screws that hold the shaft to the motor come loose, turn into screw dust, and permanently destroy the motor…
Day 46 – Comp Bot Assembly 1 (2/18/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra, Ishan Shetty Anodized Parts We received our parts back from anodization today. This was a nice surprise since we expected the parts to come back on Thursday. Assembly on the drive chassis has been started, but bearings have yet to be installed. Above: Our competition…