Welcome back to the ausTIN CANs blog!
Today I’ll be covering the progress of the team throughout the 5th week of kickoff.
First is Business. Business has been hard at work with essays, including the Dean’s List and the Chairman’s awards. We’ve practically finished every essay expected by the start of competition, and are now turning to editing and revising them into submittable documents that will win us an award at the end of the day. On the other hand, Business member Anthony has started progress on taking pictures of the team, trying to get some good content to post alongside these blogs and in official award applications.
Next, Manufacturing. Manufacturing’s been busy within the 5th week, hard at week constructing a total of 26 pieces, and has even started building the robot using the constructed pieces. They’ve also constructed the prototype robot completely and organized the workspace for higher efficiency. At the same time, they’ve completely finished the hangar and painted and cut the parts for where the battery will be stored.
CAD’s also been especially busy, working on practically all of the parts which will drive (haha, pun intended) our team to victory. This includes the intake, which picks up balls to shoot, the CDS, which brings the ball to the shooter, and the shooter itself, capable of landing shots from far from the goal. They’ve also used their software to construct the robot digitally, and see if they could notice any possible design flaws by actually seeing the model.
Lastly, Programming. Programming’s been finishing up the code for the autonomous section of the game, where the robot will be left to its own devices to score points before controls transfer to the drivers. They’ve also been tuning the PID and starting the climber code, capable of earning extra points closer to the end of the game. Not only that, but they’ve been working on testing their code on the robot, making sure that everything will hold up when competition season arives.
With that, I shall leave you. Until next time,
