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Week Four: 1/22/09-1/30/09

Once again, team meetings were delayed due to days off, this time the result of two snow days. With the school closed, students could not get back into the building to retrieve robot parts, but progress continued to be made by team members CADing parts of our virtual robot. For the remaining days, hours increased and we managed to continue to stay on schedule for completion.

This week, the programming subteam tested and modified the acceleration code and wrote the three-wheeled robot code for cRIO. Other team members redesigned the alternate shooter and continued to perfect the four-wheeled prototype’s frame and the harvester system, which can now load and dump orbitz balls. The backerman prototype was also tested and proved itself useful. The scouting subteam worked on designing the team’s t-shirts for this year and writing up information for several FIRST awards.

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Week Three: 1/17/09-1/21/09

Monday and Tuesday were holidays, but the team met anyway at the home of our Vice President. Attendance was significantly reduced because of this, but also because Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were exam days and many students opted to stay at home studying instead of attending meetings. We still managed to make progress, especially on exam days as the tests let out earlier than the normal school day and meetings often lasted longer.

Construction on the frame of the completed four-wheel drive continued, and the harvester and its accompanying roller and belt-clamping mechanisms were worked on. The ackerman drive prototype was switched for a more efficient three-wheel design that has been dubbed the ‘backerman’ design. Other mechanisms such as the harvester’s feed system and the catapult progressed, both of which are nearing completion. Meanwhile, the programming subteam was able to write code to better control acceleration make the camera track and follow colors. They also updated our team’s website.

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