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* Seth helped with the practice, and anywhere else he could. | * Seth helped with the practice, and anywhere else he could. | ||
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− | * Justin listened to the | + | * Today, the programming team resumed work with the color sensors. This will be absolutely integral to the autonomous, as quite a big part of it is tracking the white line and and box surrounding the beacon. This box is key to even getting near scoring climbers and pushing the button, which makes color sensors all the more in demand. |
+ | * Based on previous tests, Akhila knew that the Modern Robotics sensor was really short range, so the programming team just decided to use the HiTechnic kind. These aren't much better, but they will work well. Ideally, they will be able to use the camera, but that will be really tough to code and configure. | ||
+ | * Placement for these sensors on the robot would be on the right or the left, and possibly in the middle. | ||
+ | * Fortunately, Akhila had already configured the color sensor, so all they had to do was incorporate it into the step. | ||
+ | * They had a little trouble figuring out how to code the steps to include the sensor, because this was still relatively new to all of them. | ||
+ | * Once they finally got the code working, there was no problem reading red and blue, which is fortunate because those are the two most important colors. However, there were some issues regarding the white. This will be a huge issue because the white line is the key to getting on track to score and push the button. This issue will be resolved immediately next week. | ||
+ | * Justin listened to the programming part of our operation. Justin also helped in the workshop. | ||
* Amal was helping to program the color sensor. Amal also listened and watch Akhila program on her laptop. | * Amal was helping to program the color sensor. Amal also listened and watch Akhila program on her laptop. | ||
* Today they tried to get the color sensors working. They encountered some problems but they worked out most of the kinks. Wade feels that he was less productive today than at the last meeting. | * Today they tried to get the color sensors working. They encountered some problems but they worked out most of the kinks. Wade feels that he was less productive today than at the last meeting. |
Revision as of 06:45, 4 December 2015
Competition Season Meeting
Meeting Date | Meeting Time | Location | Attendees |
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26-October-2015 | 6:00-9:00 PM | TCHS Brandywine | Trevor, Josh, Daniel, Braden, Seth, Akhila, Amal, Bennett, Matt, Trent, Myles, Justin, Wade |
Objectives / Systems | Hypotheses, tests, observations, conclusions, plans |
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Chassis Fabrication |
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Objective in bold |
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Axle Preparation |
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Driving Practice |
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Programming |
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Worm gear assembly |
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finish welding chassis |
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Action and idea Journal
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