STEAMworks Meeting - 08-Jan-2017
Contents
CAD & Design
Sub teams were created for each main component, including gear holding, ball pickup, shooting, and rope climbing. Work began on prototypes for each system.
Sullivan Stuehrmann, CAD Lead
A prototype for the wheeled shooter was worked on. It is a single wheel shooter which sits in a guide to propel the ball at the desired angle. Not much progress was made on this prototype in CAD.
Madi Wyatt, CAD Team Lead Assistant
Mechanical
Programming
-We set up a camera/LED ring/router to begin vision testing. We hope to find an equation for distance based on the target information. -After some initial networking issues, we got it working. We did not, however, have enough time to start collecting data. We will continue tomorrow. -We also discovered that the web dashboard for the radio is not accessible when configured with the FRC firmware.
~Laura Dodds
Strategy
-We continued discussion on strategy. -We analyzed the scoring potentials of various robots and decided at high levels of play an effective shooter would be very important. Fuel is the only scoring that is not limited. -We decided to focus on shooting, however giving up gears entirety was not an effective strategy for early tournaments. We will pick up gears from the loading station (not from the floor) -We also set some robot requirements, including floor ball pickup. -We discussed the drivetrain, both swerve and west coast drive(WCD) -After weighing the pros/cons of both drive trains, we decided on swerve for its mobility and our experience with it.
~Laura Dodds
A scoring calculator for STEAMworks was created.
- Clem McKown
Field Elements
Communications
Attendees: Madi, Magdalena, Sully, Laura, Matt
Agenda:
- Writing cover letters to a sponsors
- Finish up the packet!! -- Meghana and Magdalena
- Newsletter needs to be COMPLETED -- Captains
- Talking to Julie about potential SWE money -- Magdalena
- Continue working on website -- Trevor and Sully
- Send off MAR Championship Grant Request - Madi
- Finalize Budget - Magdalena
Notes:
- Strategy Day
- Remember to keep looking for new sponsors and grants
- Ask Akhila about reproducing TechGirlz writeup - does their blog have proprietary rights to the original post, and is it okay for us to include the original text in the newsletter? - YES WE CAN
Reminder:
- Plan for Communications Meetings during Build Weeks (this was sent out on the #Communications Slack):
- Everyone will be meeting every Wednesday for an hour
- Make sure that notes are being taken every meeting regardless of whether or not Meghana or Magdalena are here… Let’s stay on top of the Communications Notebook!
- Message on Slack when…
- you are going to robotics (other than Wednesday)
- you are going to miss robotics on Wednesday
- Maintain Engineering Notebooks
Action Items (Moving Forward):
- Reach out to Mrs. Boardman and ask for current company associations & Reach out to Bentley Systems and QVC (local contacts) -- Nick Z.
- Finish website by Feb. 11 -- Trevor
- Sponsorships and grants
- Reach out to Josh’s dad re: corporate sponsorship - Magdalena
Other
