News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Today, we went through and designed the superstructure frame that would hold the robot together. We started by looking at our objectives for the superstructure: The superstructure needs to support the revolver and the valve block. The superstructure needs to…
Read postToday, we focused on the design of the electronics board, trying to get the board finalized. We spent some time physically laying out the electronics, trying to find the best configuration to optimize our wire paths. Also, we worked extensively on the design…
Read postThe design for the T-Shirt Cannon is coming along great. Today, one group of students started working on a preliminary version of the baseplate that will be used to mount the robot's electronics. Another group of students continued to work on the robot's…
Read postThe design for the drivebase is coming along great. The frame members are mostly modeled and we have started to create the baseplate to which the electronics will mount. Today, a separate team broke away from the drivetrain team and started to model the…
Read postToday, we started to wrap up the research phase of our project. Some stuff we have learned: We found a valve that seems to meet our needs and is in our price range. We plan to move forward with the purchase of this valve. The valve is manufactured by MAC…
Read postToday, we discussed some of the results of our research and started to talk about general design. Some of the things we have learned through our research are as follows: To shoot multiple T-Shirts, the best solution seems to be having multiple barrels rather…
Read postToday, we met to determine our design objectives for the robot. The robot should be mobile, able to drive around obstacles and aim. The robot should be able to shoot different distances. The robot should be able to make many shots without reloading. The robot…
Read postAfter deciding that our team wanted to undertake a summer project to build a promotional robot, we came up with a multitude of suggestions for what to build. After careful consideration, we decided that a high-powered T-Shirt launcher would be the best robot…
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