It’s CRUNCH TIME! We’re meeting everyday from now until ship date (Feb. 23). That’s right, we’re a week-and-a-half from putting the robot in the crate, but we seem to have misplaced the robot!
Actually, the robot design details are nearly complete and more robot parts are showing up daily. We had an epiphany on kicker design: a lighter kicker makes the design much easier, cleaner and definitely safer. The electronics boards are ready for assembly and wiring. We’ve succeeded in communicating between the new driver station and robot controller. The controls team is anxious to get at crack at a functional robot. This weekend is going to be busy and hopefully productive.
Our meeting schedule remains 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm on school days. This holiday weekend (Sat – Mon) we will work from 10 am to 5 pm (or later) to get the robot built. We need to have our robot ready for the pre-ship scrimmage on Sunday Feb. 21 at Harvey-Mudd College. That means students need to be driving and operating the robot all day Sat. Feb. 20. The good news is we’ve put together a fairly simple design without sacrificing capability, a Team 980 trademark.
The Chairman’s submission is due next Thursday evening. We will review the draft essay and create the executive summary this weekend. We also need to get more photos and building footage to create the Chairman’s video.
Do you get the sense that we’re under the gun? Yes, this is FIRST – the hardest fun you’ll ever have!
See you soon and often!!
