Feb 19 Progress
Today, we (almost) finished assembling the drivetrain and kicker winch gearboxes. We also made further progress on the bumper fabrication. Here's some photos to pass your time.
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Bumpers and Drilling
Today progress was made on the bumper pieces, including machining the wood and corner brackets. We hope to finish the bumper structure by the end of Friday, to begin material cutting and sewing on Saturday. At this time, I do not expect the bumpers to be…
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Manufacturing, Assembly & Field Construction Progress
MANUFACTURING The manufacturing team worked hard today to machine the ratchets and finish the bar grabbing clamps. The lathe was also hard at work making spacers, standoffs and shafts. ASSEMBLY After the arms returned from the powder coat shop today, several…
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More Progress
At the proving grounds, multiple teams worked on various parts of the robot to ensure that major components will be complete by the weekend. In the design department, students and mentors completed the PCB design for both the gyroscope carrier and a revised…
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Due to a manufacturing error we are issuing an immediate recall of part no. 1010081. We apologize for the inconvenience this may have caused you. The part requires a bore to .722 in order to fit onto the 5/8 hex shaft. If you lack the tools necessary to carry…
Read postBumper Fabric
We now have bumper fabric. The picture below shows the colors. The material and color looks great in person, better than the picture.
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Robot Wiring
Today, wiring was done on the practice robot. PWM Mapping PWMs are labeled in a counterclockwise fashion, starting with PWM #1 in the upper left corner of the above picture and finishing with PWM #8 in the upper right corner of the picture above.
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Bumpers and Control Boards Started
Today our procurement personell spent the day picking up several parts and materials, including plywood for the bumpers and switches, wire, and LEDs for the control boards. The plywood selected for the bumpers is a premium quality 12-Ply 3/4" Russian Baltic…
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Design, Manufacturing, Part Procurement, Crate Building & Field Setup Progress
DESIGN The design is coming along and is almost finalized. The roller assembly is completely finalized and several small details need to be ironed out elsewhere on the robot. MANUFACTURING The manufacturing team worked hard today to produce several lathe…
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Arm Parts and Welding
After an all-night machining marathon last night, the arm parts were completed to be welded today. Our generous supporter Foes Racing was able to align and tack weld all the pieces into place this evening. Foes did the welding for the launcher and top arm in…
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