Thursday, February 18, 2010 Today when we came in, we had a new claw to try out on the end of our arm. It is still not to the point of working where we wanted it to, but it is progress from last night. The mechanical team also focused on getting our front roller to work. The website team has finished the website and submitted it for judging.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 As of Wednesday, February 17
Lets start with the good news. The director of the Macomb Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ms. Elsie Ritzenhein, paid a visit to the team during our Wednesday build session. She was thoroughly impressed with how far the team has come in the last five years, and especially in the past year. As always,she gives us our best and promises to continue her support of us at our upcoming competitions.
The bad news. We tried out the claw/lifting system for the robot and to our dismay discovered that we A)Do not have enough latch interference to pinch ourselves onto the tower with and B)We do not have enough torque to lift ourselves into the air. Therefore, we are on rev b of the arm and we will continue to address the situation after bag.
The goal as of this evening is to get the competition built, wired and partially tried out before bag, and to make sure that the practice bot drives, can go over the bump, and kick balls consistently.