Week Eight: The Autonomous Part 2

This week we have been working on completing the autonomous challenge. Unfortunately, we had some setbacks, including this not being a full week of school, we have not had much time and the code would not save so we had have to restart each day. Also, the gear became loose and we had to replace it. The robot is now following commands and is at top speed again. Our goal is to complete this challenge today and still obtain a passing score.

 

Week Eight: The Autonomous

After having completed the tetrahedron challenge, it was now time to begin the autonomous tetrahedron challenge. The basics of the challenge are the same as the previous challenge except we have to program the robot to move "autonomously" and place the tetrahedron on the stand. Our goals this week include to finish programming the robot and completing the challenge. However, this may be a little difficult to do as we have a short week of school.

Week Seven: The Challenge

This week we finished building the claw on our squarebot. We preformed our challenge with the claw and we scored 120 points minus the days that we were late. Our robot works nicely and goes very fast. We finished building the claw for the squarebot on SolidWorks. We will hopefully finish the programming for the next challenge by Monday.

Week Seven: The Trials

... And the trials begin!!! Today we have started practicing for the test. We take the tetrahedron and have the robot grab it, lift it up, and place in on the scorer. In order to get a perfect score, it has to be placed on the top piece sticking out. We have one minute to place three tetrahedrons on the scorer. Good luck team!!!

Week Six: The Claw Part 2

Today we fixed and finished the clawbot. We had a few problems and figured out that the motor needed to be replaced. Once replaced, the robot and the claw work perfectly and is the fastest bot alive!

Week Six: The Claw

On Friday, we started building and attaching the claw to the robot and are continuing to work on it today. We hope to finish it today as we are a little behind and since it is due tomorrow. Working together, we should be able to finish it today or by early tomorrow (the latest).

Week Five: The Struggle

We have finished creating the squarebot on Solidworks. It took us longer than expected but we finally finished programming the squarebot to complete three laps around the chairs. We are now beginning to make the claw.

                                                

Week Five: The Laps

Our goals for this week include completing the robot on SolidWorks and programming the robot to make three laps around the two chairs. However, we might not be able to complete the autonomous three laps today since we are a little behind, but we will try our best!

Week Four: The Setback

Yesterday, we had a setback with programming the robot. The robot started smoking which was due to the VEX Motor Wire being exposed and rubbing against the metal. However, we are back on track and are learning how to properly program the robot autonomously. We also had some complications with building the robot on SolidWorks, but we are now collaborating together and everything is going great.