News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Wiring The wiring on the practice bot was fixed because it was routed incorrectly and they were in the wrong ports. Manufacturing A large portion of the raw material for the superstructure was cut today. Some of the actual machining started which included…
Read postMuch progress today was made in manufacturing and assembly, and near the end of the evening the practice robot was driving for the first time. CAD Abhi and Richard M worked on detailing the intake assembly, with the goal of releasing all parts for manufacture…
Read postDrive Gearbox The bulk of the remaining parts ordered from West Coast Products arrived today, including gears, shifting dogs, and shifter shafts. Students assembled the piston blocks for the bimba pistons. This will actuate the dog shifters, which will…
Read postCAD Students made some of the drawings for the conveyor shafts. The shafts with finished drawings should be finished tonight. Manufacturing Students manufactured a few of the shafts for the conveyor assembly. These hex shafts will used with the polyurethane…
Read postWiring Wiring the main robot chassis was continued today, as students and mentors mounted and wired 8 port solenoids. As well, the spike was wired and progress was made in the decision on how to mount the compressor. With majority of the base wiring complete,…
Read postMachining The students and mentors finished machining the intermediate shaft spacers. After ordering gear box shafts from a sponsor, the team decided to manufacture twice as many to take the PTO into account. Because we are not able to manufacture a hex into…
Read postThe nutritional benefits from the intake of these brownies helped us finalize our intake geometry over the weekend. Non-Strategy Brownies 1 cup butter, melted 1 cup sugar 1 cup brown sugar 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 3 eggs 1 cup flour 1…
Read postToday was a good day, as far as Mondays go. The parts for our drive gearbox were picked up from Modern Machine Company. The PTO Shafts, Output Shafts, Intermediate Shafts, and Wheel Shafts (small and medium) were returned. They turned out great! All that is…
Read postConveyor Today, students worked on the conveyor system. This is the part that will transfer the frisbee from the conveyor to the shooter. The frisbee is pressed into the polycarb, where it gets stuck due to two 30-degree hinges. Students first created an 11 x…
Read postPrototyping Indexing The intake prototype is taking shape. It is now at a point where it's working and we are almost ready to begin manufacturing. Along with the intake, the mechanism for transferring frisbees to the shooter is also in the process of being…
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