Janauary 4, 2025
Kickoff-Day
Traveled to UTEP to pick up our kit of parts
January 5, 2025 No practice
January 6, 2025 No practice
January 7, 2025 First Day of practice
Went over rules and the field to create some strategies. The team started to brainstorm robot designs and do more research in the game to strengthen more our strategies.
January 8, 2025 No practice
January 9, 2025 No practice
January 10, 2025
Began work on the swerve drive, prototypes
January 11, 2025 Saturday practice
Put together the swerve drive modules. Cut out the wood for the Coral reef field element. Developed the prototype for the arm to pick up coral from the floor. Began work on the elevator
January 13, 2025 Cut out the parts for the swerve drive structure. continued work on the coral reef prototype. Changed the design to pick up the other direction. Began work on the algae accumulator. Took apart the elevator.
January 14, 2025 Continued work on the swerve drive and coral reef, Continued work on the elevator. Worke on the prototype.
January 15, 2025 Put together the swerve drive. Began to add the perforated plastic.
January 16, 2025
Cutting some metal pieces to make the base have more support and easier to attach the elevator. The prototype for the coral accumulator is still in progress. The goal of the accumulator is being able to grab the coral then send them to the back to release them.
Friday, January 17, 2025
5th and 6th hour
coral Reef is complete. Was finished on Wednesday. Working on the coral station and the processor. Next week we will work on the barge. Working on the swerve drive and the coral station today.