We tried to use the Adafruit IMU sensor for a replacement for our gyro, but could not get a reading. We will try again in the off season. We also made small changes to our autonomous to use the light
3/18/17 Software
We finalized the gamepad button mapping today: Our robot can be controlled with one joystick (in case the other one fails), though the 2nd joystick can be used for sweeper/shooter control to increase efficiency in match. We also wrote a controller
3/18/17 Hardware
3/18/17 CAD
This week in CAD, the team focused on creating the new Super Regional robot within PTC Creo Parts Created- New Chassis New Linear Slide New Harvester New Shooter New Beacon Pressers New 6 Inch Omni Wheels CAD team also
3/11/17 Hardware
This week one of the main priorities was making the robot able to store multiple balls after it is sweeped in. Before on the old robot, the shooter could hold one ball before affecting the shooting. On the new
3/11/17 Software
The autonomous is almost done, with all of the basic navigation down, all that is left is to do some fine tuning. We decided to switch our beacon strategy by going for the furthest beacon, then backtracking to the closer
3/11/17 CAD
This weeked worked on many custom parts for the new Super Regional robot- Angle on the Linear Slide Beacon Presser Linear Slide Robot
3/4/17 Software
We reprogrammed a new teleop for the new chassis of the robot during the break. Samuel also continued his OpenCV testing of the robot. After first successfully analyzing the beacon using the vanilla Eclipse Java version, he ported it over
3/4/17 Hardware
The robot will have two REV linear lifts using their linear kit. This is a very popular linear lift for FTC teams because it is very light, sturdy, and doesn’t take up a lot of room. One Andymark 60 motor
3/4/17 CAD
We are also making some 3d parts for cable management. This piece will hold the Otg’s end and the wire coming from the PDM. This will allow for the stopping of wiggling in that portion of the wires. This will