Week 2: Prototype, CAD Design, Catalog Engineer (research parts to purchase), and make rough schematics.
Week 3: Order parts, start to build up code and code structure.
Week 4: Finalize design as parts are coming in, prototype chassis, launcher, and electrical system.
Week 5: Have separately functioning subsystems ready for prototype demos.
Week 6: System integration.
Week 7: Tune shooter mechanism.
Week 8: Tune drivability, remanufacture parts as necessary.
Week 9: Remanufacture as necessary, practice.
Week 10: Practice.
We followed the proposed timeline very well, and our actual time line is shown below. The only major change is that the initial plan was to have a final robot by Week 9, which did not work out.
Week 2: Prototyped, worked on the CAD Design, Catalog Engineer (research parts to purchase).
Week 3: Ordered parts, started to build up code and code structure, kept working on CAD.
Week 4: Kept working on design as parts came in, prototyped chassis, launcher, and electrical system. Made rough reload system prototype.
Week 5: Had separately functioning subsystems ready for prototype demos. Not all subsystems were completely finalized however.
Week 6: Began system integration. We mounted the subsystems together at this time.
Week 7: Debugged system, improved design of subsytems as bugs were identified.
Week 8: Kept working out issues as they came up. We could begin practicing at this point.
Week 9: Kept practicing, fixed things as they broke.
Week 10: Final fixes before competition were done in week 10, and we kept practicing.