Expanding the practice field to full length
Molly & Rich Kulik work on the 4-bar linkage arm in Inventor
Matt & Ben Kellom working on the mill
Matt running the mill
Ben with Gary Deaver cuts aluminum stock with the reciprocating saw
Gary Deaver finishes the cut
Matt & Corey
Matt, Corey, Molly, Garrison & Ben - the mill attracts attention!
Programming team
Paul Klufas programming
Planing an aluminum work surface
Heather cutting aluminum stock for pivots on the horizontal bandsaw
Aluminum stock being cut on the bandsaw
Alex & Ben Kellom on the mill
Ben working on scoring grid frame
Kira & Garrison moving the loading station
Molly works on the prototype arm
Molly & Rich Kulik with prototype arm
Finished field pieces
Molly, Rich Kulik & Gary Deaver discuss the arm
Kira, Ben, Garrison & Matt still expanding field to full length
Gary Deaver, Molly & Rich Kulik testing the arm prototype
How high do we get?
New prototype
Testing the new prototype
Rich Kulik
Alex, Ben Kellom & Molly at the lathe
Ben & Yahya at the lathe
Alex drilling a Pivot spacer
Pivot spacer on lathe
Drew, Jack & Selina moving the old gates
The Arm Team at work: Andrew, Sasha, Molly & Rich Kulik
Pivot side plate
Lathe
Andrew, Sasha & Molly with claw
Julie Kulik with Tetrix kit
Spacer on lathe
Carly, Jack & Matt
Finished spacers
Rich Kulik & Molly work on claw
Carly & Faith McKown assemble the bonus tower
The tower needs to be straight upright
Gary Deaver & Selina get ready to broach keyways
Selina working on a gear
Gary Deaver gets serious
Julie Kulik & Matt - the chaingang
Matt breaking chain
Claw test
Rich Kulick & Siri Maley refining claw/arm interface
Alex milling stiffening ribs
Turning a polycarbonate wheel on the lathe
Jack & Carly drilling minibot wheels
David Moyer with Tetrix wheel
Juan Posada and Michael work on Minibot
Carly & Selina cut chassis pieces
Ian, Jack & Matt use the lathe as a press to broach miter gear keyways
David Moyer, Juan Posada, Michael & Jon Davis with the Minibot
Yahya, Ian & Ben B broaching keyways with the lathe
Juan Posada with Minibot
Minibot coming together for the first (or FIRST?) time
Scoring grid - one side