Team 980 now meets on weekdays (Mon-Fri) at 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the NEY Community Center (2662 Fair Oaks Ave, Altadena). We also meet there on Saturdays from 1 pm to 6 pm. We will work on a few Sundays between now and ship date as well. We will not meet on Super Bowl Sunday (Feb 7).
Week #2 Update:
Team 980 has settled on most of the key robot capabilities and design concepts. We plan to field a robust robot that can maneuver over bumps, control the ball and kick from any position on the field. We still are considering design options for elevating and/or suspending our robot in the finale. Prototype kickers will be going testing this week. Our drive system is based on our familiar 6-wheel drive with an energy-absorbing front suspension for driving over bumps. This next week will focus on chassis and drive system design and fabrication, ball control/kicker detailed design and electronics/software development. By the end of this week, we plan to control our 2009 robot with the new driver’s station and updated cRio firmware.
Our Team980.com website has undergone a remarkable transformation since kickoff. You may be reading this post on our news-feed on the site. The team calendar can be viewed on a dedicated page as well. Over the next four weeks, we will expand and organize the website content for award consideration along with our Chairman’s and Woodie Flowers Awards submissions due Feb 18.
We have a lot of challenges ahead in our last 30 days of build season, but we have a great group of students to meet them all. Now that we meet solely at NEY, we will working more closely with Team 2404. The TNT students arrive earlier in the day and in addition to working on their robot, are helping organize the build space for robot fabrication, assembly and testing. Lincoln Lumber has become a community partner with Team 2404 and are building some field elements: a tower, a goal and additional bump segments.
Team 980′s success depends on students participating in as many sessions as possible between now and ship date. Our key milestones ahead are listed below:
Thurs. Feb. 18 FIRST Awards submission deadline
Sun. Feb. 21 Pre-ship Scrimmage (Harvey-Mudd College)
Tues. Feb. 23 Robot Ship Date
See you at NEY!
