After learning from our experience at the Sussex Scrimmage, we have been hard at work improving our robot.
Our FIRST Impact team has been working on their judged presentation before the Phantom Lakes Regional. They finalized the script for their presentation and they are now practicing it. They are now working to create boards to present to judges and organized documentation consisting of photos, spreadsheets, and emails. In addition, community members have been invited to the regional to get an inside look at what FIRST is and competitions are all about.
Fabrication assembled and tested climber V2 and assigned new bins into an organizer spreadsheet for new road cases. They also created emergency parts in case our robot breaks at competition.
Our Electromechanical sub-team has been extremely busy as we progress into the end of the build season. Through several iterations, weight saving changes have been made in order to be competition legal. This consisted of saving and modifying the robot's original design, compared to a much riskier new design. Emech then created a plan for that, approaching this new plan, making sure that we have a legal robot while retaining much of its intended functions. This would ensure our role as a strong and capable team when competition arrives.
Business worked on creating information hand-outs for our pit and ordered our team shirts. Marketing added our video workshops to the website and redesigned some old logos that needed updating. Finance bought materials for the team, updated our quickbooks, and published the February monthly video on our YouTube.
Programming planned and started auto alignment commands. The end goal of these commands is to automatically line up with a specific scoring position when the driver goes to score. They are now working on re-tuning all mechanisms, adding control logic to wait until our mechanisms are safe, and testing all parts of the robot (scoring, intake, nets).
CAD worked on modeling the sponsor panels and the bumper backing. They also redesigned a second version of the shoulder and the elbow of the arm on the robot. They lightened a variety of parts so the robot is not as heavy. Lastly, 3D-printed spare/new parts were mass produced so that we have plenty available.
Thank you for your continued support. See you in two weeks for our next newsletter, and make sure to check out our YouTube channel for the February monthly video.