Summary of 2/16/09 Meeting
Meeting Recaps February 17th, 2009Today we spent all of Monday and most of Tuesday morning (6am) finishing up our robot.
- New CIM motors (2)
- New metal plating
- New chain
- Geared up 2:1
- Trimmed the pvc
- Mounted plastic on the side, back, and front ramp
- Had to take it all apart to take off little pieces of covering…for 2 hours
- Got the hood up and working
- Made an extra roller
- Polycord is done
- Bumpers are on
- Camera was mounted…but then the 5V channel on the Power Dist./ Board failed
- Electrical is secure; resoldered again
- Battery mount secured
The robot is up and running. We had successful trials of testing on the field starting around 3 AM (our first run ever)
Still got a ways to go…
Our robot is ready for our first test run.
Last Updated February 18, 2009