Molly milling rough gussets
rough gussets in mill
DJ & Ben R prepare the video demo
Ben R showing great live video from the robot camera
Look at the retroreflective target!
Programming team, DJ, Ben R, Corey, Juliet Christopher
Mike Rizzo preheating weld area
Siri Maley & Mike Rizzo welding frame
Rich Kulick with minibot pc wheel
Alex completing the gussets
Dave Moyer, Douglas, Andrew & Juan Posada working on minibots
A faster, lighter minibot
Gusssets; no longer rough
The first pivot module assembled
Mike Rizzo & Clem McKown test the frame's weld strength (before adding gussets)
Frame back on form reversed, with gussets in place for welding
detail of gusset on welding template
Minibot on pole (at rest)
Minibot clmbing
Jack assembling pivots with Gary Deaver
Pivots in assembly
Gary Deaver examining pivot
Douglas rigging switch
DJ, Rich Kulick & Clem McKown
Broken MIG welding gun
Gary Deaver, Douglas & Ben B assembling pivots
David Moyer & Gary Deaver attempting to drive a pulley onto a pivot tube
Douglas & Gary Deaver with pivot
Four incomplete pivot modules
Juan Posada with Yahya, Drew & Garrison
Garrison, Nichole & Gary Deaver assembling pivot modules
Douglas & David Moyer with the scissor minobot
Pivot module assembly team
A pivot module
Chassis frame - not all welded yet
Chassis frame welding setup
Clem McKown mentoring Matt welding
Clem McKown & Matt welding
Ben Kellom
Molly & Sasha working together in Inventor to design the minibot size box
The programming team - You could hear a pin drop!
Ben R - Senior Programmer
Michael M - Programmer
Juliet Christopher - Head Programming Mentor
Matt welding while Mike Rizzo mentors
How to make a polycarbonate wheel - 1/8
How to make a polycarbonate wheel - 2/8
How to make a polycarbonate wheel - 3/8
How to make a polycarbonate wheel - 4/8
Douglas turning wheel - 5/8
Douglas turning wheel - 6/8
Douglas turning wheel - 7/8
Douglas turning wheel - 8/8
Matt & Mike Rizzo with chassis frame deux
chassis frame prime back on welding template
Frame deux
Matt welding with Mike Rizzo
Chassis side set up to weld
Matt welding
Jack adding pivot braces to the pivots
Stiffening ribs installed on the pivot module top plates
Mike Rizzo & Matt cleaning Al surfaces in welding areas
Programming team coming out onto the field to play - Ben R, Juliet Christopher & Corey
Ben R & DJ
Matt welding - up close & personal
Concepts for aligning & deploying the Minibot
Clem McKown & Matt setting up frame prime for welding
Matt welding frame prime together
Ben R
Julie Christopher
A very tired Siri Maley
Jack, Michael B & Matt assembling pivot modules
Matt with finished frames
Selina
Pivot module on the scale
Pivot module weigh-in
Frame prime on scale
Frame prime weigh-in
Matt grinding frame
Faith & Selina cutting electronics panel
Rizzo completing a pivot module
Molly bolting pivot modules to chassis frame
Michael M & Corey
Julie Christopher & Ben R testing software on the field
Molly installing modules
Mike Rizzo with drive-trains prime & deux
Robot chassis
2-by-2, hands of blue
Filling pultrusion end with carbon fiber & epoxy