--- title: 'History: Blog 2018-19' url: 'https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog' markdown: 'https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog.md' date: '2019-01-05' --- # History: Blog 2018-19 [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/e/e/3/6/8/ee3683532e090189b11da52b5b63d84afa0b460e-2019-bethesda-blue-banner.png)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/week-2-bethesda-md-event) 10th Mar 2019 ##### [2019 Week 2 - Bethesda MD Event](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/week-2-bethesda-md-event) ![Alt text](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/b/e/d/0/6/bed06f71c9ca609ef6b6215b6844bff9ac53a395-2019-bethesda-blue-banner.png) Our team won the [2019 CHS Bethesda MD Event](https://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2019mdbet) at Walt Whitman High School in an alliance with ILITE Team 1885 and Ursa Major Team 2849. This is the first time in many years our team has won an event! Coming into alliance selection ranked 13th, our team was the first pick of Team 1885, ranked th... 8th Feb 2019 ##### [Day 35 Meeting Report](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-08-meeting-report) - Made new wooden side plates for the hatch mechanism. - Drilled holes in and mounted the new slides to the robot superstructure. - Mounted the hatch mechanism to the robot. - Programming worked on the leg motion profiles and on the limelight's correction for angular approach. [FRC](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/tag:FRC#body-wrapper) [2019](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/tag:2019#body-wrapper) [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/6/0/4/5/8/60458403b7ddabb91593528917d0716aff56f52b-2019-02-07-01.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-07-meeting-report) 7th Feb 2019 ##### [Day 34 Meeting Report](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-07-meeting-report) - More leg testing! We are giving up on using characterized velocity PID control and are going to try to use motion profiles instead. - Started preparing the new linear slides. - Finished assembling hatch mech with new limelight mount and ziptied it to the robot to estimate the balance for leg testing. - Mounted the cargo mechanism. - Weighed the robot at 124 lbs, 14 oz. [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/1/3/8/c/d/138cd8a38ac234634c93013cba33e2daf6bc2afe-2015-02-05-04.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-05-meeting-report) 5th Feb 2019 ##### [Day 32 Meeting Report](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-05-meeting-report) - Did theoretical characterization of legs - Had lots of issues - Finished spraypainting new limelight backboard (hatch mech group is still waiting on new sliders) - Finished assembling cargo mechanism. Looks good! [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/d/d/6/f/3/dd6f395ca9578976806bafc0a80bf4f3ffc46d50-2019-02-04-01.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-04-meeting-report) 4th Feb 2019 ##### [Day 31 Meeting Report](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-04-meeting-report) - Cargo mechanism assembly started - New hatch mechanism backplate machined and spraypainted while we wait for new sliders to come in. - Tested the elevators and had issues with tipping. Programming will work on fixing this. [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/5/2/b/1/d/52b1d5fdeaadf4364dc0e5e8aceb8b33ae8ca68d-2019-02-03-00.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-03-meeting-report) 3rd Feb 2019 ##### [Day 30 Meeting Report](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-03-meeting-report) - Tested limelight auto-align - Designed new limelight mounting plate - Added leg motor+brake bar - Routed leg belts - Fabricated some more of cargo mechanism [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/3/3/8/d/f/338df29591d595f4da3efd3ae4fd701e31ca96f5-2019-02-02-00.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-02-meeting-report) 2nd Feb 2019 ##### [Day 29 Meeting Report](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-02-meeting-report) - got jackets - added wheels to legs - mounted legs to robot - tested balance - doesn't tip - programming tested limelight - mounted limelight to hatch mechanism [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/9/f/7/f/5/9f7f576e00191f059d0bd4dafa0a8c6e354098ad-2019-02-01-00.png)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-01-meeting-report) 1st Feb 2019 ##### [Day 28 Meeting Report](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-02-01-meeting-report) No meeting, early release from school. Still CADed the cargo mechanism, though! 31st Jan 2019 ##### [Day 27 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-31-meeting-report) big brain academy 31: electric boogaloo 30th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 26 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-30-meeting-report) big brain academy 30: electric boogaloo 29th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 25 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-29-meeting-report) big brain academy 29: electric boogaloo 28th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 24 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-28-meeting-report) big brain academy 28: electric boogaloo 27th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 23 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-27-meeting-report) big brain academy 27: electric boogaloo 26th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 22 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-26-meeting-report) big brain academy 26: electric boogaloo 25th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 21 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-25-meeting-report) big brain academy 25: electric boogaloo 24th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 20 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-24-meeting-report) big brain academy 24: electric boogaloo 23rd Jan 2019 ##### [Day 19 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-23-meeting-report) big brain academy 23: electric boogaloo 22nd Jan 2019 ##### [Day 18 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-22-meeting-report) big brain academy 22: electric boogaloo 21st Jan 2019 ##### [Day 17 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-21-meeting-report) big brain academy 21: electric boogaloo 20th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 16 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-20-meeting-report) big brain academy 20: electric boogaloo 19th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 15 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-19-meeting-report) big brain academy 19: electric boogaloo 18th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 14 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-18-meeting-report) big brain academy 18: electric boogaloo 17th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 13 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-17-meeting-report) big brain academy 17: electric boogaloo 16th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 12 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-16-meeting-report) big brain academy 16: electric boogaloo 15th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 11 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-15-meeting-report) big brain academy 15: electric boogaloo 14th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 10 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-14-meeting-report) big brain academy 14: electric boogaloo 13th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 9 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-13-meeting-report) big brain academy 13: electric boogaloo 12th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 8 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-12-meeting-report) big brain academy 12: electric boogaloo 11th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 7 Meeting Update](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-11-meeting-report) big brain academy 11: electric boogaloo 10th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 6 Meeting Report](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-10-meeting-report) yote [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/0/2/d/9/6/02d96511369d898764f9e8d882aacccaa50258d2-elevator-prelim.png)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-09-meeting-report) 10th Jan 2019 ##### [Day 5 Meeting Report (01/10/2019)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-09-meeting-report) After taking a break on Wednesday, Hey grab gang, Suction Progress: Got suction cups! Got impeller out of vacuum Did some preliminary tests with suction cups on the big vacuums Only held so well with 2 suction cups Had issues with seals - to be expected of a preliminary test Velcro Progress:... [FRC](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/tag:FRC#body-wrapper) [2019](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/tag:2019#body-wrapper) [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/9/d/8/9/4/9d8944c3a8db3c1cd4386b1a4b47bf696720375c-flower.png)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-08-meeting-report) 8th Jan 2019 ##### [(Slowly) Moving Along (01/08/2019)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-08-meeting-report) On Tuesday, we continued to prototype, but ran into a very similar problem with stab hatch as we did with grab hatch: lack of materials. However, the project lead didn't give up, and instead pursued other designs, including what he decided to nickname "flower." The mechanism was designed to go into... [FRC](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/tag:FRC#body-wrapper) [2019](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/tag:2019#body-wrapper) [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/6/1/c/2/a/61c2aed8c96bb2413ed72a1d585d0b08f03527f1-first-cad.png)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-07-meeting-report) 7th Jan 2019 ##### [Just Beginning (01/07/2019)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-07-meeting-report) During our first official meeting of the building season... we didn't fully build anything. For the majority of the meeting, we worked on designing and starting to machine various mechanisms. Our two hatch groups split off and created preliminary designs for their mechanisms. Grab hatch began... [FRC](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/tag:FRC#body-wrapper) [2019](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/tag:2019#body-wrapper) [![](https://robot.mbhs.edu/images/8/1/3/4/a/8134a0983e1e331f75e7af955c73c5cccb2f4257-img9008.jpg)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-05-meeting-report) 6th Jan 2019 ##### [Falling into Deep Space (01/06/2019)](https://robot.mbhs.edu/about-us/history/history-2019-blog/2019-01-05-meeting-report) **Kickoff** is always one of the best parts of the season. It's a time where we all come together, and a lot of alumni come home to visit. It's a time where all the build up is finally given a result, and where everyone comes together in a whirlwind of conversation, hugs, and confusion. 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