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Quick Overview Today wasn’t the most productive day for the build side of the team due to all of the programming and design that still needs to get done. However we were able to test out the climber prototype that we made on monday. Overall we did clean some of…

Weekly Team Meeting Today Talon Robotics had our weekly team meeting where we discussed the remainder of the season and what the future holds for the team. We discussed the Northern lights tournament which will take place in Duluth at the beginning of March. If you are a team member…

Tests After Tests Today we continued to test the turret design that we agreed on two weeks ago at the prototype vote meeting. We tested out different compressor levels on the cargo. We wanted to find the optimal pressure level for the best bounce. We also brought out the old…

Author: Dylan Curry More Prototyping  Today started off very slowly but things quickly picked up as we started to work on some more prototypes. Today we worked on disassembling the old intake design that we have decided to use for the main robot. We also used the same parts from…

Author: Dylan Curry Prototype voting. Today During our weekly team meeting we all came together and voted on all of our different ideas and designs. During the meeting the team talked about these designs. We all discussed on what works well with the designs and what doesn’t. Once we finished…

Authors: Devh, Pearl Adjustable Hood The adjustable hood rotates the limelight 360 degrees so that it has a better view of the hoops on the field.  Using a NEO, it lets the gears spin. The smaller gear is the one attached to the NEO. The programming team tried to make…

Prototypes Today, Talon members continued to prototype and refine subsystem ideas for the upcoming season. From active intakes that deploy with parallel bars to unprecedented turrets that our team has only dabbled in, this season Talon members are reaching out of their comfort zone trying new concepts, while still staying…

Author: Dylan Curry More Prototyping And Work Today is the fifth day since Rapid React was announced and we are still hard at work with all the prototypes we are making. Today we continued work on our intake and outtake prototypes. We have also started to get the measurements right…

Authors: Dylan Curry, Kenny Nguyen Day Summary Today was the third day since Rapid React was announced and everyone was hard at work. The subteams divided into groups to figure out how we will conquer the great challenge that is ahead of us. For all of this week everyone will…

Authors: Kenny Nguyen, Dylan Curry Prototypes  Today talon members were successfully able to make a prototype climber that could hang and pull itself up into a parallel position as it would climb the bars. Although unfinished the design so far appears to work smoothly.  The Climber Prototype 1 uses pistons…