Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Drivetrain Falcon Shaft Yesterday, we noticed that one of our Falcons had a loose shaft. We did not have enough time to remove it from the robot, so we just ran with it and hoped that it wouldn’t cause too much damage. The Falcon shafts…
Day 44 – Week 0 Competition (02/16/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Intro Today was a busy day today! For the third consecutive year, we held a week 0 competition (and for the first time, it was actually at the high school). The week 0 competition is an unofficial competition that gives teams in the area an…
Day 43 – Week 0 Prep (2/15/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Intro So much happened today! The robot is Working ™. It intakes balls, pulls them through the lemon squeezer, stores them in the hopper, and then shoots them. There are still many improvements that can be made, such as code changes for the mechanism that…
Day 42 – Little brain: COTS | Big brain: 3DP (2/14/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra 3D Printed Parts We finished printing our first parts — drivetrain gearbox covers — using our 3D printer from Stratasys. They are made of ABS because it is the only type of plastic (besides soluble support material) that our printer will print. The gearbox covers…
Day 41 – The Mail to Robot Pipeline Continues (02/13/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra Competition Robot Frame Two days ago, we received all of the parts from CEM that we needed to assemble for our comp bot frame. Today, we got a new shipment of gussets, bearings, and belt pulleys from VexPro. This allowed us to assemble most of our comp…
Day 40 – Mail to Robot Pipeline (2/12/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Bumper Construction Today we received the fabric needed to construct bumpers. As such, we started construction and completed our first set of bumpers today. We will use these bumpers on our practice robot and for our upcoming week zero competition on Sunday. Fun fact: This…
Day 39 – Homemade VersaRollers (2/11/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Parts (Again) We received more parts from CEM today. These parts contained the comp bot drivetrain and some angled pieces. Sadly, all of the gussets that we had set aside at the beginning of the season for the drivetrain seem to have disappeared. Fortunately, we…
Day 38 – Parts! (2/10/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Parts Arrived! Today, we got a gigantic load of parts back from CEM. These include: Most of the hopper ribs Most of the shooter superstructure The shooter flywheel weight! Above: Two of our four 02 – 07 Flywheel Weights, assembled onto versahubs. Look how pretty…
Day 37 – Bumpers and Bumper Usage (2/09/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Driver’s Test Today, we had the Driver’s Test. The driver’s test consists of two parts: a written, multiple choice test focused on the rules in the game manual, team updates since kickoff, and important Q&A questions; and a driving test, which involves precisely following an…
Day 38 – Climber is finally CADded (2/08/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra, Ishan Shetty Field Elements All of the remaining field elements were brought in today, allowing us to build a half-field. Once they were brought in, multiple members quickly began painting them. After this, we set up the field for tomorrow’s driving test. Above: team members…