Team members:

 

Engineering Notebook (due Thursday night midnight)

  • Overall: Ray
  • Hardware: all builders
  • Software: Anthony/Ray
  • CAD: Max

Agenda:

  • Action item check
  • Team alliance courtesy gestures
  • Rule updates check
  • Assign team members for watching and participating in FTC online forums
    • There were some online discussions of the defense strategy by forcing the opponent robot to go over the balance stone. From FTC official answers, this has been confirmed as a legal play.
  • wireless communication debug guide review
    • The FTC documents described some scenarios of non-allowed wireless communications or wireless interference, besides the suspicion from Yibing. The Head Referee Patrick should have some ideas about what was going on, as he answered some similar questions online before. But he would not take any action, if our team, as a victim, did not raise any concerns. The tournament host was responsible for a clean environment of wireless connection for the tournament and they was monitoring closely on the wireless traffic on the competition site(s). If we got the FTA, WTA, CSA, and the Head Referee involved to evaluate the situation, it should be easy for them to verify whether there were Wi-Fi interference, as they had the tool(s) and the data. On the other hand, the team members should be able to determine whether it resulted from the cable connection issues and/or the software issues as soon as possible.
  • Tournament Operation Guide Binder:
    • Challenge rules
    • Trouble Shooting Common issues Guide
    • Logs for the tournament
      • Team brochure
      • Robot Flyer
      • pitcrew check list
      • Driver Coach Strategy sheet
      • Driver coach observation notes / programmer tuning notes
  • Tournament preparation
    • Engineering notebook
    • Team brochure
    • Scouting interview form
    • Robot Flyer
    • Scouting match recording google form and excel file format
    • Pitcrew check list
    • Driver coach strategy reminder sheet
      • We should have a change of plan without getting stuck in one place. 
      • End game decision on what to proceed with the time left. 
    • Driver coach match observation recording form
    • CAD model improvement
    • Prezi presentation rehearsal
  • Robot improvement wrapup and driver training starts
  • Programmers to go through Control System Troubleshoot guide
    • Appendix A: Tech Tips on Using Log Files (15 pages)

Action Items: (Blue means completed, Black means ongoing and Red means uncompleted)

  • General
    • Max: add availability for 2/10 championships in Team google sheet
    • Melody: prepare the tablet for showing the CAD video during presentation
    • Melody: prepare the tournament operation binder on pack night under Coach’s guidance
    • Everyone: think about how you will improve your visual aids and script for the presentation
    • Ray: finalize the engineering notebook and print
    • Ray: finalize brochure and print 2 copies (with updated robot spec and CAD model picture)
    • Ray: update robot spec and include as appendix of engineering notebook
    • Austin: update build of materials and send to Ray
    • Austin: think about what to demo for hardware during presentation
    • Derek: print pit crew checklist
      • make sure everything has a box check mark
      • make sure it includes the relic mechanism
      • one page for qualification matches
      • one page for semifinal and final matches (if we get in)
    • Audrey: plan the scouting resources for the next qualifier (1/13)
    • Audrey: update robot flyer and print 20 copies
    • Audrey: print scouting interview form 30 copies (cover 8565 too)
  • Hardware
    • Austin/Derek: driver training
    • Austin/Derek: integrate testing on relic scoring mechanism
    • Austin: engineering notebook entry on linear slide
    • Derek: engineering notebook entry on relic mechanism
  •  Software
    • Anthony: prepare a pair of ZTE phones for wireless channel checking
      • ping time
      • install Wi-Fi Analyzer
    • Anthony: check on the autonomous navigation after relic mechanism is put in (central weight might be distributed differently)
    • Ray: program relic scoring logic in teleop and pitcrew
  • CAD
    • Max:update prezi with new CAD model file and replace the video file with picture
    • Max:make new simulation video file with claw on the robot and send to Melody
    • Max: finalize the phone holder 3d print
    • Max: design and print the gripper for relic

12810 QuantumX Meeting #15 – 1/6/2018

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