WEEK 10: 3/28/17

This week we've already accomplished a ton. Richie finished the Solid Works for the first bot. Now he needs to add the arm and the mouth. We finished the task of using the remote control to pick up the two racquetballs, use the motor controlled mouth to ingest them and spit them out, then drop them in the pipe. We added new hardware of a "mouth".  We are now getting close at coding the bot to pick up one ball autonomously. Real Deal is running away with the lead.

WEEK 10: 3/27/17

These are screenshots of our Square Bot in Solid Works. We have included a top, front, side, and isometric view. Richie has been working on it on the side for some time now. We feel he did a good job. Real Deal is #toohottohandle

WEEK 9: 3/23/17

Earlier this week we finished the previous challenge of having our robot autonomously placing the tetrahedron on the post. On to the next challenge. Now we must, using the remote control, pick up two racquetballs and drop them in the pipe. We want to figure out how we'll go about doing that then add the required hardware. We would also like to finish the Solid Works today. Real Deal is in full throttle! 

Week 9: 3/20/17

This week our goal is to finish Solidworks as well as finish the fourth challenge. In this challenge we have to get our robot to autonomously put the tetrahedron on to the goal. We are almost done but we have to make sure the robot travels three tiles before it goes on the goal as well as angle the arm directly over it. Richie is working on Solidworks but he is having some difficulty finding some parts. Hopefully we get all of this done by the end of the quarter. REAL DEAL SAUCY WITH IT!!!

Week 8: 3/17/17

 Since we finished the challenge this week we are on to he next one. Amani is trying to figure out how to successfully program the robot and the arm to autonomously work. This is kind of tricky but nothing is to hard for THE REAL DEAL. While he is doing that we are still working on solid works. It might seem to be easy but it can be difficult at times. Hopefully we pull through this one quickly. WE LIT!!!

WEEK 8: 3/14/17

It's official, Richie is a stud. He is by far our best driver. Just a couple days into our new task, he was able to successfully manuever the bot to place two tetrahedrons on top of the post for a grand total of 100 points. He had to do it in one minute and it only took him fifty seconds. We also made a tetrahedron of our own out of pencils. We were the only the team on that task and were the first to finish it. Now we have to set the bot up three tiles away and code it to pick up the tetrahedron and place it on the post autonomously. #wedemengineeringboyz

WEEK 7: 3/10/17

This week we built our fork-like mechanism. We have added an arm to our Square Bot. We've coded it and it works. We have to build another Tetrahedron figure. To complete this task, we have to, using the remote controlled bot, pick up and place two Tetrahedron on the post in one minute for 100 points (50 points each). We need more practice with the bot because right now it is difficult. Real Deal is leading the pack! 

WEEK 7: 3/6/17

Week 7 is a go! We were the first group to successfully accomplish programming our robot to circle the chairs autonomously. On to the next challenge. Now we have to get our robot to pick up the  tetrahedron and place it on the post. Our goals this week are to program our Square bot to follow the remote control. We also need to build onto our robot's infrastructure and add a forklift-like mechanism. #getmoneyspendmoney 

WEEK 6: 3/3/17

Today marked the end of Week 6. We were officially the first group to successfully have our Squarebot circle the chairs three times autonomously. Now we have to start the polygon vex challenge. We don't know what that requires, yet. But we'll get it. REAL DEAL ON TOP!