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Read more about the article Day 13: Sheet Metal

Day 13: Sheet Metal

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 17, 2014
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We finished the CAD for our chassis and a few other parts yesterday and one of our seniors who interned with our sponsor Solarcraft was able to go to their…

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Day 12: Trussing

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 16, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Tonight we finally started having success with one of our shooting mechanisms. We were able to score in the high goal and truss with this shooter. This shooter is heavily…

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Read more about the article Day 11: Drive Train CAD Complete

Day 11: Drive Train CAD Complete

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 15, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

We finalized the CAD for the drive train today. We are cutting a heavy version for our practice bot that doesn't have a lot of holes that will be in…

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Read more about the article Day 10: Back to Blogging

Day 10: Back to Blogging

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 14, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Sorry we missed a couple days. We had a Bootcamp build day yesterday where we helped 5 teams get their AM14U up and working. We were back to work today,…

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Read more about the article Day 7: It’s been a week

Day 7: It’s been a week

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 11, 2014
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We continued improving our prototypes today after our design meeting yesterday. We modified our collector prototype to a version inspired by one of our VEX robots from this year.  …

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Read more about the article Day 6: Need, Want, Wish…

Day 6: Need, Want, Wish…

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 10, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Today was our first design review. We have seen the 72 hour builds, prototyped a little, and  played a human version of Aerial Assist. We think we have a good…

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Read more about the article Day 5: Prototyping doesn’t stop & Square Kit Chassis

Day 5: Prototyping doesn’t stop & Square Kit Chassis

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 9, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Quick update today, we still have a lot of things to prototype before we finalize a design. We're hoping to have a chassis built by next week. We have a…

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Read more about the article Day 4: Inspiration From Other Teams

Day 4: Inspiration From Other Teams

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 8, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

We have been putting in some serious hours CADing away at the drive train. It may look simple from the screenshot below but there is going to be a lot…

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Read more about the article Day 3 of Aerial Assist

Day 3 of Aerial Assist

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 7, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

We continued our prototyping today. The improved roller claw is working very nicely. We're not convinced that we will even use a roller on our final design but we are…

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Read more about the article Day 2: Prototyping really begins

Day 2: Prototyping really begins

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 6, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Today we continued our prototyping in earnest. We had members working on several different launching and collection mechanisms. Here is our most well developed ball pickup device. It's a simple…

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