Team Updates Today Talon didn’t have its open room as we were traveling. Fortunately the team got to the hotel in one piece. As of now the team is getting some well needed rest after their long day of travel. The Bus ride to Duluth went really smoothly and the…

Team updates Today was the weekly team meeting. As you may know the team is going to Duluth. The bus that will be taking the majority of the team will be leaving tomorrow at 5:30pm. It is recommended to come at least thirty minutes early so we can load the…

Finalizing The Robot Today was a productive day for talon. We worked on soldering some of the final electronics to the main power supply. We also worked on cable management for the robot. In order for the climber to properly work it was necessary for the wires to be away…

Robot & Team News Today was a busy day for Talon as many members went to the open room. Because we had many members that showed up we were able to get a lot done.  Team members worked on replacing wheels on the drive train. We decided to do this…

Team updates  Today we had our regularly scheduled open room. At the open room team members started work on attaching the bumpers onto the robot. As of now the bumpers still need work but we made a lot of progress. In other news a few members started building new motors…

Travel Update Instead of a team meeting the team had a travel meeting for the upcoming duluth. At the meeting which took place online we discussed the requirements for the trip. If you were not there you can check Slack for more details. If you have any questions regarding the trip,…

Robot Updates Today was a longer open room which is very good for the robot and the team. Today we worked on putting grease on the drive train. We also started finalizing the electronics for the robot. As of now the robot is getting very close to being finished. Overall…

Robot Goodness Today during the open room team members continued to work on robot. In particular we worked on the battery mount and other parts. Because we have Friday off many team members were showing up to todays open room. This was very beneficial for the entire team as we…

Authors: Paul O’Connell, Dylan Curry Open Room + Robot News Today at talon we worked on the climber subsystem. We installed the pistons for the articulated climbing arms. We tested them on the climber on the climber structure. This showed us that we tilt too much when hanging. This lowered…

Authors: Dylan Curry, Kenny Nguyen Robot Updates In-take  Progress on the in-take continues after the 3D printer was all done with the parts we needed to continue the build. We have the members hammering in the pieces. Battery  We also have 5 new Interstate batteries and had members install leads….