Game Plan 9/14
9/14
Brainstorming- Block 1 (Kathryn)
Drivetrain
Challenge- Making sure it is small enough to get around but big enough to hold what it needs to hold
Challenge- Having to turn easily and without taking up too much space
Challenge- Making sure the robot is tall enough to go over objects
Solution/Idea- Watch carefully to avoid making it too big. Test to make sure it can hold what is necessary
Solution/Idea- Separate motors for each wheel.
Solution/Idea- Big enough wheels to make sure it is lifted enough-nothing hanging down
Intake
Challenge-Making sure that it is not too cluttered
Challenge- It can get the cones that are standing up and that have fallen over
Challenge- It needs to have a good grip on the cone
Solution/Idea- Using the first design in this video
Solution/Idea- Tweak the design a little bit by maybe making it have the ability to rotate.
Solution/Idea- Making sure we use wheels on the intake for griping
Strategies
Go for the closest junctions at first. (These are most likely the shorter ones)
After the closest junctions are pretty well-covered move into the middle
Getting into the end start trying to create a circuit
Lauren Ramos: Block 1
Today, we started to build the robot for the Best robotics competition. We haven't started to build the official design, but we have a plan of what the build will look like and how we will create it. Today, we worked with some practice materials to teach ourselves how to work with all of the supplies.
For practice we:
Cut the wooden base out of the ply wood using power tools
We bent the mounting brackets so they are ready for use
We screwed the mounting brackets into the wood and leaerned how to use a drill and how the screws will work together.
Lauren Ramos september 12th
we practiced programming by using the FTC virtual robot.
9-12-22 Block 1 (Santanne)
Today we just brainstormed some ideas on what the robot for ftc should have and some challenges we will be facing and how our build can overcome them.