We tried to finish the merge but the rebase on the FTC Github creates errors. We will continue to tune on the old SDK and and we will merge the new SDK next week. The new beacon mechanism and sensors
10/15/16 Hardware
Shooter: Lego Harvester Prototype: Lego wheels are preferred as of now Thick rubber bands from auto shop can be used to pull ball up Duck tape for increased friction A servo can be used to align the ball to the
10/15/16 CAD
This is our system envelope. The red is the ball transporter, the green is the shooter, and the blue is the beacon presser. PTC Windchill Assembly Update After using the dm_overwrite command, it seems that assemblies are having
Technicbots Meeting #6 – 10/15/16
Italics means action items not done last week. Strike through means items that will not be checked this week, but will be checked in the future. Take team member attendance in the team attendance tracker sheet in blog (Amanda, Samuel
10/9/16 CAD
This is a basic sketch of our robot for the first meet. The red things are 2 harvesters, and the grey thing in the center is the shooter. WINDCHILL WORKS!!!!!!!!! We can finally upload a part to the server on
10/9/16 Software
Finalizing the autonomous navigation We finished programming basic navigation of both autonomous designs (hitting the beacon from the front/side). We continued to tune the gyro PID turning algorithm and we can get to +-2 degrees on every turn. We decided
10/9/16 Hardware
Shooter and harvester placements on the robot: The shooter and harvester will both be centered left and right of the robot. The shooter will be in the center of the robot a few inches above the center beam chassis.
10/1/16 Hardware
Harvester: The team decided to use the tank tread belt to transfer the ball from the ground to a higher part of the robot, where the shooter is located. We received the pieces to the tank tread kit this week
10/1/16 CAD
We made a basic envelope of the robot using CAD. The red is the harvester, the blue is the conveyor belt, and the green is the shooter. The harvester gets balls to the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt moves balls
10/1/16 Software
We have two options for doing both beacons in Autonomous: Follow the line on the first beacon, press the button, back up, turn, go to the second line, follow the line, and press the second button. Go directly along