News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Design Today, the minibot group worked to put their minibot design into the computer. Furthermore, another group worked on finalizing the arm design. It was decided that the arm would need to be longer in order to properly grab the tube. Manufacturing The…
Read postPrototyping Today, the minibot prototyping group continued to work on their small prototype utilizing small, machined concave-style wheels. They attached tread to the wheels and worked on weight distribution. Manufacturing Today, the manufacturing team was…
Read postPrototyping Today, the prototyping team was hard at work on another minibot prototype. This prototype has had much of the weight removed in order to speed ascension times. Manufacturing Today, the manufacturing team worked to finish the drivetrain cams and…
Read postCritical Design Review Today was our 2011 Critical Design Review (CDR). The CDR follows the Preliminary Design Review and includes nearly completed detailed designs. Many of the items presented may already be complete or in progress. This review phase is…
Read postDesign The design of the robot is coming along spectacularly. Since Saturday, we have continued the detail work on the various robot gearboxes and have continued on into Subsystem #4: Minibot Deployment. We have decided to build a secondary linear slider that…
Read postToday, we're taking our first day off of the season so that everybody can relax and get caught up on homework. We will resume work tomorrow.
Read postRobot Group: Things we have accomplished so far: Basic Tele-op drive. Motors have been linearized. Travel exact distance almost works. Current things we are working on/To-Do: Pneumatics control/Gear Shifting PID/control driving Turn Exact angle Support for…
Read postPrototyping Today, the prototyping group worked to improve the minibot's ability to clamp onto the pole. Last night's prototype climbed fine but didn't clamp too well. Progress was made and the next prototype should be done soon. Manufacturing Today, the…
Read postPrototyping Today, the prototype group worked very heavily on the minibot design. Towards the beginning of the day, they successfully finished Minibot Prototype 1 and it climbed the pole. After building the first prototype, the group started to discuss how…
Read postPrototyping Today, the prototyping group worked extensively on the minibot. After the addition of a fourth stabilizing roller, the bot was able to climb the pole very quckly. The prototype is improving. The next step is to brainstorm alternative methods of…
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