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!Meeting Date !!Meeting Time !!Location !!Attendees
 
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| Akhila, Trevor, Brad, Laura, Eric, CJ, Josh, Justin, Braden
 
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| '''Drivers Practice'''
 
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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.
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* Josh scored 177 in his first practice match and 130 in his second match
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* Braden and Josh scored 130 points in a practice.
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* Eric and Brad scored 158 points during practice.
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* The team improved over the night as they overcame some of the issues that arose.
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* 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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* 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'''
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* Laura, who was not driving, worked on various programming tasks throughout the night.
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* She changed the controls for the operator when Akhila and Braden suggested new controls.
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* 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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== Action and idea Journal==
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<gallery widths=250 heights=250 perrow=3>
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image:FTC7314-141229.jpg|CAD render w/ NXT & Samantha
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image:FTC7314_141229-1.jpg|Weigh-in (36.7 lb<sub>m</sub>)
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image:FTC7314_141229-2.jpg|New battery mount
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image:FTC7314_141229-3.jpg|Scoring in the 90 cm goal
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image:FTC7314_141229-7.jpg|
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image:FTC7314_141229-8.jpg|Autonomous - balls up...
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image:FTC7314_141229-9.jpg|...and in
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image:FTC7314_141229-11.jpg|
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image:FTC7314_141229-12.jpg|Serious jam
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Latest revision as of 21:40, 12 January 2015

Competition Season Meeting

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.

Action and idea Journal

  • CAD render w/ NXT & Samantha

  • Weigh-in (36.7 lbm)

  • New battery mount

  • Scoring in the 90 cm goal

  • FTC7314 141229-7.jpg

  • Autonomous - balls up...

  • ...and in

  • FTC7314 141229-11.jpg

  • Serious jam


Recorded by: Date: Journal Editor: Akhila Date:








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