Archive for January 9th, 2007
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Building a small game frame
Today we put together one of the sides of the game board thinger. We used one of the frames and put triangles made of 2×4 on the back to make it stand up. We had the PVC pipes already chained together so w just needed to put some plywood on the spine so that we […]
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Rack N’ Roll
There was much heated debate over proper tube handling techniques yesterday. It came up as we were dismantling the rack yesterday and members of the build team started experimenting with the ringers and the spiders. After almost half a day of intense discussion we finally got to agree that we want the robot to be […]
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. -George Washington Carver
Going to robotics class instead of a regular class sure is uncommon and today we continue to brainstorm and plan for our robot. Plus, I still cannot wait for competition. I have never participated one but i can feel it coming. Well its to early to talk about that but i hope we can gain […]
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
No Comments » - Posted in Build Season by J.P.
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
As part of the pneumatics crew it is difficult to decide weather to use the claw to pick up the innertubes, or to use the suction cups. The advantage of using the suction cups is that it can grab the innertubes without the need to have to design and make a claw. But the suction cups […]
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Prototyping
Yesterday, we discussed a few of the different ideas there were that we could prototype. We talked a lot about what type of arm we should use, and also about what type of claw/gripper. We came up with a few different ideas that would be good to prototype. Today, we will begin prototyping those ideas.
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
A new dawn on the rulebook
Todays the sun rises anew as I prepapre for battle. My enemies are the countless pages of the rulebook. As I look off on the horizon I see myself today fighting against a trifold of power. I must fight the “Awards” section, “The Robot” section, and the dreaded “Game” section. However if we are […]
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Press Packet
Now that Adobe InDesign is in my hands, I can begin to fully work on the press packet. So far, the PR group has been updating the pages on the website and the press packet. Some things I am unable to update, as this is my first year in the group and I do not […]
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Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Our Robot
Surprisingly deciding on how the claw should operate was somewhat difficult. After discussing on the bonus points made by stacking up other robots, is something that will be decided on later on. I hoy that we can be the team that will be stacked onto another robot rather than be the one stacking.
No Comments » - Posted in Build Season by Gabriela
Tuesday, January 9th, 2007
Splendid day
Today is going to be a splendid day because we are going to build a miniature model of the spider rack. Then later on in the day our group will continue working on creating a prototype models. The goal for today is to complete as much as possible with the prototype model to get an […]
