Build Day 26: Starting to Build Spares
We aren't finished with our robot yet, but we began the process of building the practice robot parts today. We know certain systems won't change drastically so we are beginning to manufacture…
Build Day 25: Three weeks to go
We're through the half way point now, so we can begin counting down to end of build. 21 Days to go. We finished wiring the Jaguars to the power distribution…
Build Day 24
It was a short day, Monday's seem shorter than most for some reason. Even though we don't have the jaguars yet, we crimped all the ring terminals for the Jaguars…
Build Day 23: And the wiring begins
Electrical is now the main priority for the robot. We have most of the mechanical systems mounted but we need to get the electrical on so see we can begin testing. The Jaguar board…
Build Day 22: Start of Week 4
It seems like forever a go we were watching the kickoff presentation but it's already nearing the half way point of the build season. We did most of the electrical…
Build 21
We were able to power the collector today with motors, the tests were promising but also pointed out a couple places that we need to fix things, such as how…
Build Day 20: Collector/elevator is coming together
The collector is now mounted on the robot, we had to mount it twice to fix some issues but that's why we are moving so quickly so we can catch…
Build Day 19: 4 weeks left till tools down
We made a huge amount of progress today because the final shipment of mechanical parts arrived. We were able to mount the upper bars that support the shooter assembly and…
Build Day 18
More assembly today. We made the Lexan back panel for our collector and elevator. We're using 1/16" Lexan because it's able to easily curve to the angles that we need…
Build Day 17: Starting to look like a robot
We are still waiting on some parts, but the main functions of the robot are coming together. The elevator should be complete by the end of the week. The upper…