Progress 02-15-08
OK Team,
Great job yesterday! We got the lifting skis installed and both sections of the fork lift assembled. All that’s left on the fork lift is the fork design welded up and the motor and chain assembles installed. We still need to install some limit switches for the lifting skis, and print out some logos to go on the Plexiglas armament. Also, we weighed in yesterday and the robot weighed 100lbs minus the forklift motor and chains. I think we will be with-in the 120lb limit, but we really need to get the complete robot and then weigh-in again.
During the Open house on Saturday, we are ready to run around the track and if we can get the scope motor programmed we should be able to pick up a ball. Much thanks to Austin in welding up all those section of the skis, and to Hank and Andrew for tapping the hole in the fork lift plates, and John and Jerrid in mounting up the lifting motor and hinge assembly, and prepping the bumper for assembly. In addition to all this Casey is finishing up the catapult design and was able to demo his full scale capture loop.
As a reminder, we are meeting this Saturday 9-1 starting at NWTC and we will need help setting up and moving robots over to the M&M Mall.
The open house will be at the M&M Mall from 11-1 for parents/friends/colleagues.
We ship the robot on Tue 19 Feb.
February 16th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Hi Team 754! My name is Alexis and I am from Team Driven #1730. We are attending the Milwaukee Regional and look forward to seeing you there. It would be greatly appreciated if you could answer a few questions about your team and your robot. How many students participate? How many mentors help out? How many hours a week do students work on the robot? What is your strategy for competition? Could you give us a description of your robot? We would be grateful for any questions you can answer. Thank you for your time. See you soon! Could you e-mail me back at anbair0501@r7mail.leesummit.k12.mo.us? Thanks a bunch!