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!Meeting Date !!Meeting Time !!Location !!Attendees | !Meeting Date !!Meeting Time !!Location !!Attendees | ||
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− | | | + | |Saturday, November 29 |
|12-5 | |12-5 | ||
|TCHS Brandywine | |TCHS Brandywine | ||
− | |Laura, Nick, Akhila, CJ, Trevor, Josh, Justin | + | |Laura, Nick, Akhila, CJ, Trevor, Josh, Justin, Amal, Brad |
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* Today was Andrew's birthday! He turned 20. | * Today was Andrew's birthday! He turned 20. | ||
* To celebrate, we sang happy birthday and ate some cake. | * To celebrate, we sang happy birthday and ate some cake. | ||
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+ | |'''Team outreach and scouting''' | ||
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+ | *Brad created new scouting sheets for the competition season, and also worked more on team outreach write-ups | ||
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|'''NXT continued''' | |'''NXT continued''' | ||
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− | *CJ began building the NXT case .Holding the NXT from the top the | + | *CJ began building the NXT case. Holding the NXT from the top the case, it will allow the team to slide the NXT easily in and out. Additionally, because the case has only two sides, the USB and other ports will be easily and efficiently plugged in. |
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| '''Mount Angled Intake/Goal Guide''' | | '''Mount Angled Intake/Goal Guide''' | ||
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* She, along with Braden started wiring everything to the right place! | * She, along with Braden started wiring everything to the right place! | ||
* Both of them learned that wiring is a really meticulous job, and has to be done carefully to be done right! | * Both of them learned that wiring is a really meticulous job, and has to be done carefully to be done right! | ||
+ | * Amal and Braden were also trying to help Akhila on mounting the servos. | ||
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+ | |'''Parallel beam for servo mounts''' | ||
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+ | * Josh helped with installing the beam parallel to the chassis in order to mount the servo mounts. They had to mount them in such a way, so as to let the servos move at least 180*. This will move the goal grabbers in a linear motion. | ||
+ | * It was quite simple, but very time consuming! | ||
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+ | |'''Programming''' | ||
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+ | *Nick finished setting up the autonomous code for each of the field center piece positions. He Still needs to add motors for arm movements and shooting of the balls. | ||
+ | *He also needs to tweak the values, which will not take too much time. | ||
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− | ! Journal Editor: | + | ! Journal Editor: Akhila |
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Latest revision as of 23:39, 23 December 2014
Competition Season Meeting
Meeting Date | Meeting Time | Location | Attendees |
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Saturday, November 29 | 12-5 | TCHS Brandywine | Laura, Nick, Akhila, CJ, Trevor, Josh, Justin, Amal, Brad |
Tasks | Reflections |
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Celebrating Andrew's Birthday |
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Team outreach and scouting |
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NXT continued |
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Mount Angled Intake/Goal Guide |
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Adding Servo Mounts |
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Electronics |
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Parallel beam for servo mounts |
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Programming |
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Action and idea Journal
Recorded by: | Date: | Journal Editor: Akhila | Date: |
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