Guess who's back? US! The AustinCan’s!
Now I know it hasn’t been long since we’ve talked, but we did mention we'd be back soon..right? Now let's chat about robotics! In today's blog, we're gonna recap week 5. Competitions are nearing, and all we can say is that wow.. the amount of excitement we feel the more it’s near. It’s insane ( is it just me? Or are we all feeling excited?)
Business; we have pretty much been working on very similar things that carry out throughout the weeks. For example, things that are currently in progress that we are working on such as the Impact awards which are due on the 14th of February. Working on our monthly newsletter and looking for sport ball sponsors. Following with updating Notion with blogs, fundraising, photography, and outreach. Things were done with on the other hand, like the woodies reward, ordering our brand new shirts, and podcast visuals. Speaking about the podcast….it's out! So go check it out if you haven't yet!
Meanwhile, CAD has already finished the arm prototype! They have also finalized the design for the arm and intake. Arm A is powered by the Choo Choo wheel, and arm B is powered by spool. CAD also has the parts for gearbox A & B. With the arm they designed the sweeper. We have the design for the cube holder and rollers, as well as the bearing holder and rollers. Following the completed version for the buddy Carry.
Manufacturing's main focus is on charging stations. Making trusses and supports for the station. They also have milled parts to continue assembling them in the field. By the end of week 5, the manufacting team has finalized assembling the charging station. Now they are even signing people up to use the field for practice! Manufacturing is mostly done with assembling intake, making over about 30 parts this week.
Finally, let's talk about programming. The group has been working on an arm system. An elbow that is able to hold its position at a given reference point using PID control. They have also been working on autonomous paths and subsystem toggles. Programming has also been continuously working on previous things such as buddy balance and assisted balance. They are currently working on the led subsystem for the robot.
With this week 5 ends, we also followed without the usual scout meeting and group leads meeting up so that we can provide you guys with bangers such as these! As we mentioned before, competitions are nearing, and it's Simply just a blast of emotion right now. We can’t wait to see you guys and hope that you're doing well. Also don’t forget to keep your grades up, to whoever is in school. Can’t wait to tell more soon! Bye for now.
To be continued….
