Hello and welcome to the
newly designed Trident Robotics 2014-2015 blog! Our team has already been busy
preparing for the exciting and quickly approaching build season. Over the past
few months each sub-team has delegated their time to gaining and mastering the
skills which they will utilize during the season.
As is annual tradition
our team headed to Abbott Laboratories on November 19th for a
networking night. Students enjoyed pizza while talking to Abbott employees and
professional engineers about what they do at Abbott and what it’s like to work
in the field of engineering. Chairman’s team began the preseason presenting
their findings from a short-term project which tasked them with brainstorming
and developing solutions to problems they’d be facing during the season. These
included: social media, redeveloping the website, and spirit wear. They
also are continuing working on the Industrial Technology window display between
rooms 109 and 110. Chairman’s team has been contacting companies for lab
sponsorships in order to offset the costs of new equipment like a new lathe.
John Kircher, leader of programming team, began the preseason developing an
attendance program for members to clock in and out easily. Additionally, every
member of the team was taught the programming language C++ and how to use the
Wind River compiler. As of now they are hard at work on programming last year’s
robot. Genny Korn and Isaac Main, the team’s safety captains, began the
preseason making sure everyone took a general safety test, as well as preparing
specific sub-teams with the training they’ll need throughout the build season.
Mechanical team taught their members how to use certain tools and they took
inventory of supplies in order to have the best knowledge of our materials
before making any further purchases. Control team was taught how to wire
controls components, practiced problem-solving scenarios on the robot, and
discussed common problems that addressed things that may occur during the
season. Design team has been working on basic mechanical designs and they also
have been focusing on west coast drive trains. Furthermore, the team went over
possible materials used for the robot and how they will be selected.
We look forward to the
fun year ahead!
