Week 9

Build Team

Build has been hard at work reconstructing the robot after it was stress tested at our week 1 event in Duluth, Minnesota. Many parts of the robot, including our hopper, conveyor, and intake, needed to be straightened out and given minor tweaks, as well as duplicate parts for spares. The main job, however, was to make a fully new shooter, which is now ready to be tested as of the end of the week.

Programming Team

Changed the sub-systems for our new motors that we switched on our new shooter design, and took a look back at the limelight for positioning on the field so that our robot knows where it is. It has been a relatively slow week for programming, as they have been waiting for the robot to be assembled.

Electrical Team

This week, the electrical team has performed a significant amount of maintenance to ensure we stay organized during the inter-competition period of our season. Towards the end of the week, when Build had finished remaking the shooter, Electrical ensured that all the wiring was properly assembled before testing, as we have many new motors that need to be wired up.

CAD Team

The CAD team this week has been working hard on fully redesigning the shooter for our robot. After our week 1 event at Duluth, Minnesota, we learned that fuel gets stuck as it goes through the shooter because of our three-barreled design. We decided to pivot to a single-barreled shooter that goes the full width of the robot to avoid blockage.