Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Bumper Construction Today we received the fabric needed to construct bumpers. As such, we started construction and completed our first set of bumpers today. We will use these bumpers on our practice robot and for our upcoming week zero competition on Sunday. Fun fact: This…
Day 39 – Homemade VersaRollers (2/11/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Parts (Again) We received more parts from CEM today. These parts contained the comp bot drivetrain and some angled pieces. Sadly, all of the gussets that we had set aside at the beginning of the season for the drivetrain seem to have disappeared. Fortunately, we…
Day 38 – Parts! (2/10/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Parts Arrived! Today, we got a gigantic load of parts back from CEM. These include: Most of the hopper ribs Most of the shooter superstructure The shooter flywheel weight! Above: Two of our four 02 – 07 Flywheel Weights, assembled onto versahubs. Look how pretty…
Day 37 – Bumpers and Bumper Usage (2/09/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Driver’s Test Today, we had the Driver’s Test. The driver’s test consists of two parts: a written, multiple choice test focused on the rules in the game manual, team updates since kickoff, and important Q&A questions; and a driving test, which involves precisely following an…
Day 38 – Climber is finally CADded (2/08/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra, Ishan Shetty Field Elements All of the remaining field elements were brought in today, allowing us to build a half-field. Once they were brought in, multiple members quickly began painting them. After this, we set up the field for tomorrow’s driving test. Above: team members…
Day 34 – Airpods.SLDPRT received (2/06/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Active Intake Parts Parts were brought in the room today by one of our members who cut them with a waterjet. There were originally more holes in the design for weight-saving purposes, but he had to remove them as they increased the cut time by…
Day 32 – 3D Printer Setup (2/04/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra 3D Printer We were taught how to operate our new Stratasys 3D printer by a Stratasys employee. We received the printer from Stratasys on the 27th. A basic set of rules was also determined for the 3d printer to ensure proper usage. The two main…
Day 30 – Sent CADs (02/02/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ritik Mishra Flywheel Testing We tested the flywheel today to get some final measurements on how much compression is ideal for maximum power. Through this testing, we decided to set the compression to 1.5 inches for now. CAD Drawings Today, we finished CAD & technical drawings for…
Day 28 – Intake Prototype and Code Stuffs (1/31/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra Intake Prototype Today, we tested a new intake design. This design is meant to truly intake the ball over the bumper, as opposed to intaking it over a frame cutout. The design has 3 rubber rollers arranged to guide the ball up and over the bumper without…
Day 27 – Code and Hopper (1/30/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Ishan Shetty, Ritik Mishra Robot Code The robot code is also being worked on currently so that the robot is programmatically ready for driver’s tests in a couple of days. Currently, the rookies are being helped with making different subsystems on the robot. These subsystems include intake,…