October 25, 2018 October 18, 2018 October 11, 2018 October 4, 2018 September 27, 2018 September 22, 2018 September 21, 2018 September 13, 2018
Week 7
Week 6
Week 5
Week 4
Week 3
Week 2
Global Innovation Competition
Week 1
Date: 10/25/18 Time: 4:30-6:30pm Week #: 7 Quick Summary: We now have gears and a gear track for our lift system. We have a TorqueNADO motor for the lift instead of the weaker motor we used to have. The hook on the lift is simply an axle, but it is
Date: 10/18/18 Time: 4:30-6:30pm Week #: 6 Quick Summary: We relieved the pressure on the gear and sprocket system by putting the system directly under the arm instead of to the side. We added a bracing bar that strengthens the frame. However, this interferes with the path of the arm.
Date: 10/11/18 Time: 4:30-6:30pm Week #: 5 Quick Summary: We replaced the gearing system for the arm with a chain and sprocket system. We added a “tongue” to the arm in order to keep the minerals from falling out of the bucket on their way to the lander. We made
Date: 10/4/18 Time: 4:30-6:30pm Week #: 4 Quick Summary: We took apart our robot in order to fix some massive problems. We got a good start. What We Accomplished: We rebuilt our robot today in the hopes of accomplished the following things: a lower center of gravity, the back of
Date: 9/27/18 Time: 4:30-6:30pm Week #: 3 Quick Summary: We repositioned our lift to the more center of the robot, but it didn’t help our center of gravity problem. What We Accomplished: When we met today, we put together a list some goals that we wanted to accomplish by Meet-O,
Date: 9/22/18 Time: 4:30-6:30pm Week #: 2 What We Accomplished: We worked together to build our field perimeter out of PVC pipes, screws, and panel boards. It took us two hours. Luke also 3D printed a square team marker with the letters T-A-C on it.
FIRST has acknowledged that our solution would change the world. Out of 23,000 teams, we were chosen to be one of the 20 to compete at the Global Innovation Award Competition. Praise the Lord! The problem we found was that according to the director of California Waterboards, 1 out of
Date: 9/13/18 Time: 4:30-6:30pm Week #: 1 Quick Summary: Our robot has a weak U-framed base. We are experimenting with three wheels to see if we can get in the crater. Our arm for putting minerals in the lander has a bucket to carry the minerals. Our lift is a