Into The Grind

Continued to dissemble "Snooki". Decided to reuse Snooki's base for our new robot with some modifications to improve reliability and traction such as different wheels, better spacing, and cross support.


Snooki before

End of an Error

Began disassembling previous FTC robot, "Snooki", in order to begin work on new robot.

End of an Error

Began disassembling previous FTC robot, "Snooki", in order to begin work on new robot.

The next generation

Nik begins work on the design of our next robot.

Plight of the Drafter

While the rest of the guys are busy dismantling poor Snooki, I've been given the all-important task of prototyping our new robot's chassis in Solidworks. Fun. Of course, that'd be a lot easier if I still had all the files from last year's robot – which I don't. Guess who's starting from scratch: Nik, that's who!!

Great Rack

Completed construction of the center rack for the rings. Placed rack and wooden base into the field so the team could see the heights our robot would have to be capable of. Still need to paint base with white lines to match game designs. Continued brainstorming designs for robot.

Back to the Basics

Continued brainstorming for designs for our robot. We made the decision to avoid building for the end-game lift bonus, as we could easily score more points by having a good grabber and arm design. Ideas included using a linear lift to reach the upper row.

Showtime

Presented our slideshow to the class and explained the rules for the game, such as you can't hold more than two rings at once and you can't touch another robot during the end-game, which is lifting up an allied robot to gain bonus points.
Our presentation is linked below:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17f5c8du9HrtRt10pyLBopt4q4hZtx-Nkpo-g0LJ70Bs/edit

Presentations

The other two teams began presenting their slideshow on the general rules for FTC that are amended every year, such as general rules for the construction and behaviour of robots.

Working Cont.

Assigned sections to those that were absent and determined order of presentation. Continued working on assigned slides.

Working

Began work on summarizing the FTC game manual for this year's game Ring it Up! We covered specific rules and penalties.

Rules and Regulations

Mr. Martin assigned the FTC "Ring It Up" game manual to us to summarize and present to the class. We split up the manual equally among our group.

Brainstorming

Watched "Ring It Up" reveal video in class and began brainstorming designs to grab rings and place on the column. Skip to 3:13 to watch the game animation.

FIRST!!!

FTC Ring It Up challenge revealed!