Week 6 Monday

This Monday we ran the challenge for the robot. When doing the challenge we scored 8 points the first time and 10 points the second time. Our goal is to get a higher score by Tuesday.

Week 5 Friday

This week our group didn't meet our goal. We didn't run the challenge but we came up with a autonomous code to use for our robot. We charged all our batteries and we plan on running the challenge on Monday.

Week 5 Monday

This week we leaned we have a new challenge for our robot. Our challenge is that we have to throw stars and cubes over the other side, but there is one zone that is one point and a zone that is two points. We have a 15 second autonomous period and a minute and 45 seconds in drive mode. This week our goal is to run the challenge a couple times and get a grade since its due next week Tuesday.

week 4 Monday

This week we have to complete the gmetrix practice test and test by Tuesday. Thats the only thing we have to do this week and then we have Thanksgiving break on Wednesday. And Henry has a solidworks test on Tuesday.

Week 3 Friday

This week we completed some of our goals. We finished the solidworks for our robot that can be viewed in another post. Also the challenge ended and we got a 105% on it. Unfortunately, no one in our group finished the gmetrix test and pre test but it was extended to next week Tuesday.

 

Solidworks challenge 2

week 3 Monday

After completing the challenge for the robot there is only two hings left to do. Our goal for this week is for every member in our group to complete the Gmetrix practice test that is due Friday. Also another goal is to complete the solidworks for our new robot.

Friday week 2

At the end of thee week we finally redid the test. We flipped 19 stars over the other side putting us at a 95 percent thus, accomplishing our weekly goal. Also some of the students in our group started a pretest on a program called grometrics. This pretest is due later next week.

 

Monday week 2

This week there isn't much to do for our robot. Our goal for the work is to find strategy to improve our score in the new challenge. We are aiming for an A so anything between a 90 and above.

 

Friday week 1

At the end of the week, we successfully completed our objective for the week. Our strategy for the robot was to knock down the stars hanging in the middle and throwing the rest of the stars. We decided to keep our original design and not create something to hang our robot. On Thursday we ran an official run and threw 16 stars giving us an 80%.

New Quarter New challenge: Monday week 1

New that we are starting the next quarter we have a new challenge. The rules for challenge are below. Our goal for the week is to come up with a strategy to do the challenge and come up with a design in order to hang our robot on the metal poles.

 

Monday week 9

This week is the last week of the quarter. Our goal this week is to fix any flaws with our robot in order to improve our score. We ran the challenge again with each star being worth 7 points. We only threw 4 but we are hoping to improve that score this week.

week 8 Friday

This week we completed our goal of finishing our robot. Since we finished two days late, each star for the challenge is worth 8 points each. We did the challenge and threw 8 over making it 56 points.

 

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Solid works checkpoint

Week 8 Monday

Today not much was done. Half of our team went to Stimpson Co. a manufacturing company of eyelets and grommets, to see a real world application of solidworks, autocad, and mastercam. When we got back since we are practically done the only thing we are doing is changing our code so that the arm runs on buttons.

 

Week 7 Friday

This week We meet our goal. We finally finished the robot and we are now testing the robot on the course. We have a couple of tweaks but since we have a few extra days of can fix them so the robot runs better.

 

Week 7 Monday

This week we found out the robot is due next week. The only thing we have to do for our robot is code it and do some maintenance. Other than that the robot is done.

Week 6 Wednesday

Due to hurricane Matthew, School has been closed down Thursday and Friday. Because of this we didn't meet our goal of completing the challenge. We instead created a new endofactor and installed it to the robot. This new endofactor is a metal square with thin flat metal allowing the robot to pick up both the square and the stars

Week 6 Tuesday

Today is Senior nerd day. Though irrelevant to the subject this week we plan on installing the arm and finish coding. Also we plan on finishing the challenge by this week.

Week 5 Friday

This week has been successful! We changed the gearing for the arm to give us more torque. Before, our arm was moving way too fast to control. We also changed the metal on our arm and built the part that will pick up the start during the challenge. Our goal is to be launching stars over the fence within the next 2 weeks!

Week 5 Monday

Today the bot is going to get a tune. My team and I are going to stop the gears from grinding and make the turning stable. So we can make sure the gears won't grind and we lose the package.