Drive Train
- The wooden prototype drivetrain is fully wired up and running under power.
- On Saturday we discovered that the drivetrain is not strong enough to drive over the hump. This was probably due in part to the flat tires.
- We decided to replace the sprockets to get a more forceful gear ratio. The parts should be in ~Tuesday. Information about this decision is in this blog post.
- Using a high speed camera, Caitlin, Lizzy, and assorted minions determined which of the pistons would be the best for the kicker
- Once they had selected the piston, they began experimenting with different lever configurations and the high speed camera to determine how long the lever should be.
- On Friday, Arkady, Kiju, and a group of girls discussed how best to hang from the tower. They concluded that a double-hook design would be best and identified two lifting options:
- A telescoping arm, based on an antenna design
- An articulating arm
- Sham, Ketki, and Emma helped build a 1/2 scale prototype of the first section of an articulating arm.
- Dr. Newman has been playing with assorted winch ideas and gear ratios, and has thus far avoided killing himself.
- The prototype drivetrain is running using the electronics board from the monster, stripped of unecessary components.
- Caroline and Emma have the drivetrain prototype running under default code modified for 2-joystick, 4 motor tank drive.
- Caroline has been familiarizing herself with the Driver Station dashboard and with this year's LabView code.
- Despite valiant efforts by Caroline, Emily, and myself, we can't seem to get wireless communication working between the robot's wireless adapter and the wireless router. As far as I can tell, the wireless router is not broadcasting an SSID, despite being set to do so. James has made this work in the past, so hopefully he can sort it out.
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