HEY Y'ALL, The ausTIN CANS are back!
In today's blog, we're going to be recapping week 6. As you all know, there’s not much left until our first competition in Waco. After a very terrifying and excruciating grade check we students just had, I (the writer) am glad to say that….wow after this roller coaster of a week. It’s so exciting to know that there are only a couple of days left till we go on this amazing adventure to compete with other teams, and simply just have a jolly time. I really would love to talk about just how we feel the more it comes near, but we have to make room for our weekly recaps, am I right?
So let's cut to the chase, and let's talk about what the team has been up to!
First & foremost, Business; we as always have been busy with so many things. Such as finalizing essays and things involving technical writing. We’re glad to announce that Gavin has been working on the second episode of “Can We Talk”! So stay tuned for that. Business has been working on multiple things, such as Impact video, sponsorship booklet, tech doc, and updating the website. We finally got the Impact essay done, and started making buttons!
Manufacturing manufactured all the necessary parts for robot one and a majority of the parts for robot two. The assembly of the intake and the arm have been finalized. They have almost completed the buddy climb. INTERESTING FACT! The arm for the buddy climb is made out of broken hokey sticks! This was a idea was implemented by the team to start a new plastic initiative and incorporated circular manufacturing design principles into our CAD and assembly.
Programming, on the other hand, started to confirm that autonomous functions work. As well as auton which should be ready when the arm can score and release v2 of the drive base. They have also been focused on mobility, docked + engaged. Programming also has been working on the arm subsystem. The arm just needs more tuning before it’s ready.
CAD has finished the assembly of the arm and Intake. They’ve been working on buddy carry assembly. They have also been working on cube intake: adding a PVC roller and belt from the second roller to the top roller. We also have gotten the 1st comparison between the front rollers.
Other than our subgroups, the team has been focusing on scout training and testing out our new scouting app. Our team leads have been doing their daily meetings. We also have our Saturday and Sunday meetings that we update you guys with on our social media. As well as preparing for competitions in the upcoming week. Our team's Impact award representatives have also been prepping and finalizing their speeches for competitions.
That’s about it Yall, our recap of week 6. With every day that passes by and the more, we get busy. Although it can get nerve-racking, it’s also an adventure. We can’t wait to see those who will be there in Waco next week, and personally ( me, who’s a first-timer) am so thrilled to be there and I hope you guys are too. Now let us stop being cringy (that's probably just me), but we gotta go. See you guys later to talk about week 7. Bye! Catch us next time.
ausTIN CANs, OUT!
Cute photo of president Noga and baby Zaynab!
