Difference between revisions of "FTC 7314 Engineering Notebook 2014-12-29"

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Meeting Date	Meeting Time	Location	Attendees
Monday, December 29, 2014	6pm-9pm	TCHS Brandywine	Akhila, Trevor, Brad, Laura, Eric, CJ, Josh, Justin, Braden

Tasks	Reflections
Drivers Practice	Akhila, Josh, Justin, CJ and Braden all switched off driving and operating, while Brad, Trevor and Andrew switched off coaching. Throughout the practice, there were a few problems such as, the "bapper" getting jammed, and a few times the robot got stuck on some of the whiffle balls, but with practice the drive team learned to work around or fix these problems. Josh scored 177 in his first practice match and 130 in his second match Braden and Josh scored 130 points in a practice. Eric and Brad scored 158 points during practice. The team improved over the night as they overcame some of the issues that arose. All interested in driving are currently studying the game manual for a written test that will decide the fate of the drive team!
Mechanical Fixes	At one point a chain for or drive system came off due to a driving error, but it was fixed. The team will have to find the root of this problem and diagnose it.
Programming	Laura, who was not driving, worked on various programming tasks throughout the night. She changed the controls for the operator when Akhila and Braden suggested new controls. She also created a test program that wrote all information from an IR seeker to the screen of the NXT, so it could be used to debug autonomous at a later date.

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 * Akhila, Josh, Justin, CJ and Braden all switched off driving and operating, while Brad, Trevor and Andrew switched off coaching.  Throughout the practice, there were a few problems such as, the "bapper" getting jammed, and a few times the robot got stuck on some of the whiffle balls, but with practice the drive team learned to work around or fix these problems.
-*Josh scored 177 in his first practice match and 130 in his second match
+* Josh scored 177 in his first practice match and 130 in his second match
-*braden and josh scored 130 points in a practice.
+* Braden and Josh scored 130 points in a practice.
-*Eric and Brad scored 158points during practice.
+* Eric and Brad scored 158 points during practice.
-*The team improved over the night as they overcame some of the issues that arose.
+* The team improved over the night as they overcame some of the issues that arose.
+* All interested in driving are currently studying the game manual for a written test that will decide the fate of the drive team!
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-| '''Drivers Practice Mechanical Fixes'''
+| ''' Mechanical Fixes'''
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-* At one point a chain for or drive system came off due to a driving error
+* At one point a chain for or drive system came off due to a driving error, but it was fixed. The team will have to find the root of this problem and diagnose it.
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 | '''Programming'''