News, events, and updates from Team 254.
By Luke Gardner Machining Students machined wood for the bumper and the pool noodles arrived. Parts for the control board were machined for later construction. Robot Construction Work on the practice robot continued including more wiring and work on the…
Read postby Eliot Smullen '16 Graphic Design Several students continued to brainstorm a Waterloo-specific T-shirt. Some of them began considering the issue of whether the back should be left blank if the design on the front were of sufficient size and graphic…
Read postby Eric Wang '17 Machining Today, students manufactured internal shaft\-like connectors for the superstructure. These were designed to give durability to the superstructure when under stress. Also, students machined gussets for the bumper. Scouting The…
Read postCAD and Machining The CAD is nearly finalized and only minor details were flushed out tonight. The various gearbox plates \(intake, front intake, rear intake, shooter\) were finalized and CNCd. Today we also machined new pieces for the shooter drive shaft.…
Read postBy Clay Rosenthal Machining Parts of the superstructure were made today to be welded tomorrow. Parts to hold the pieces in place while being welded were also machined. The superstructure will be welded and powder\-coated soon. The parts for the hood and rear…
Read postBy Michael Simeon, Matthew Tran, Christian Bagamaspad, Stephen Pinkerton Machining Today, members manufactured shooter shafts, standoffs, spacers for gearbox, and crosspieces for "seal." Additionally, they began detailing and manufacturing parts for the front…
Read postby Brandon Wui '16, Christian Jimenez '16, and Joncarlo Avila '16 Machining Today students machined parts for the intake and frame. They also worked on the lathe and band saw to cut pieces and face them for the superstructure. Finally, they drilled all of the…
Read postBy Dan Ngo '17 and Eric Wang '17 Disclaimer The WiFi was down in the lab, and the shipment of anodized parts was delayed until tomorrow \(1/29\). As a result, not much work was done. Programming Today, the programmers tested a new \(Maxbotix MB1010\)…
Read postToday was our third day of not meeting at the lab. Instead, here's a couple snapshots of the last week at the lab. First, here's a video of Travis flying his hexacopter in the lab. This thing will come in handy when it comes time to make a robot reveal video.…
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