Day 14: 3 Weeks Left!!!

The meeting started with Mr. Greene telling everyone that this is time to maximize our work time while other mentors start coming during the week. Therefore, we will be shifting our schedule to Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-8:30 pm. When the last week of the season comes to build, the team will be needed every day till around 10-11 pm. Also it has been determined that our team photo will take place on February 4^th at 4:05 pm in the auditorium; hopefully we’ll be able to wear our team shirts. Then Corey took over to tell us, that because of the winter weather cancelling school, we have missed much needed opportunities to progress on the robot. We need to focus on is Driving, Pickup, and Shooting/Passing. In order for these things to be accomplished we need to strip down the chassis, do drive testing, and figure out how we’re going to shoot. For shooting it has been determined that we can get more power by changing the angle and pulling the shooter back farther, hence we will be exploring three different shooting systems we will potentially choose from to see which one will effectively help us. At this point in time, it is also advised that if you think you can help in any way, speak up. We only have three weeks left and as Corey said “you’ll want to be able to say you did something” when everyone is at the regionals and the robot is presented. In their subgroup Media team finalized what design would be used for all the spirit wear items. Animation finished a scene for their challenge. Business team called local businesses for raffle donations and finalized Media/Animation’s designs for the spirit wear. Mechanical team worked on the chains for the track chain and worked on the chassis to get the spacing right for the gears. Controls team tried to get the old robot to work, organized the new material they got, and cleaned the middle room. Programming fully programmed last year’s robot and got it to function. CAD team worked on one of the shooters, and learned how the vex-2 CIM ball worked. Safety team put together their cabinets for the robot cart. From here on out everyone is needed to fully perform to advance the robot in these last three weeks.