FTC 7314 Engineering Notebook 2015-09-14

Competition Season Meeting

Meeting Date	Meeting Time	Location	Team Members in Attendance:
14-Sep-2015	6:00-8:00	TCHS Brandywine	Myles, Josh, Akhila, Trent, Braiden, Justin, Amal, Wade, Snarr, Bennett

Tasks	Reflections
Counted Debris which would fit in each goal	Low Goal- 9 balls, 9 1/2 & 1/2, 14 squares Mid Goal- 9 balls, 9 1/2 & 1/2, 14 squares High Goal- 9 balls, 9 1/2 & 1/2, 14 squares
Autonomous	The entire team started to conceptualize what we wanted our robot to be able to do in the autonomous mode of the game. We utilized a red v. blue scorer and the game manual to help us accomplish this. Our priority autonomous routine is to push the beacon button and score the climbers (because they're so close to each other), and possibly go to the ramp. Another auton routine could be to just go to the high zone of the mountain. Mentor Gary brought in a sample color sensor that we could experiment and mess around with. We figured that we could use encoders or something to get to the white sensor line, and then use the sensor to home in on the beacon. The ramp was a lot more reflective than the light, so that could be used to our advantage.
Teleop	The team decided that for Teleop we will try to get up the mountain as well as retrieve the climbers as well. the team decided that the brightness of the sensor may affect the ability of it to sense the colors. when it is too bright it detects a lot, however when we lower the brightness it detects less but seems to work better. Braden learned how the field elements get set up and also learned how the new color sensor worked. The team determined how much debris could reliably fit in a single basket located on the mountain. The team Decided on orderings the important parts of a possible strategy. This is so when we create the robot we can create in order to complete certain tasks without much of the efforts. A.K.A as being lazy. Bennett helped in ordering the most important ways to score during tele-op.
We tested the color sensor and picked our priorities for the game

Action and idea Journal

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  Ranked autonomous objectives

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  Ranked teleop objectives

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  Ranked end-game objectives

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