This week, inventory came very close to the end of their organization, and is expecting to finish very soon. Additionally, autobalance was able to complete their final tweaks and most of the members will be moving on to focusing on code and vision, which has been working on identifying cubes with their purple color, as well as recognizing cones from all angles. Meanwhile, CNC has been setting up their new machine and learning how to use it. Another group has been working on constructing their telescoping arm, while another arm based on the West Coast Products mechanism has been finishing up their CAD. A subgroup has been working on a full robot CAD to integrate all the parts of the robot we’ve been working hard on.
Our teams have been working on various claw ideas to grab the game pieces. The pneumatics team is mounting the claws and adding a rail to the piston. This will allow it to be stable and not move around, “plus,” as Aaditya mentioned, “it looks cool!” As we start to finish up the build season, we’ve been working on finalizing a few solid ideas. Nihal was working on making Miguel’s claw idea out of metal, while Miguel was seeing if it was possible to make it out of plastic. As far as arms go, the telescoping arm group is mourning the arm to a rotating hex bar. Inventory has been working on a system to efficiently pull out tool boxes and carts frequently. Last Tuesday, the full robot CAD was fully completed, and was then presented by Lauren, Gregory, and Peter. Code is working on setting up another chassis, while autobalance is trying to balance on the charging station with two robots. When asked about what strategies they’d found so far, Arjun said that they’d figured out that they cna “turn the robot sideways so it doesn’t slip.” CNC is cutting a bearing retention hat, which prevents bearings from moving around.