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== GOALS for this meeting ==
 
== GOALS for this meeting ==
Research: Robot Batteries: Research best practices for maintaining our batteries. We may have inadvertently damaged our existing batteries in recent weeks.  
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* Research: Robot Batteries: Research best practices for maintaining our batteries. We may have inadvertently damaged our existing batteries in recent weeks.  
Mechanical: Robot fender is rubbing main tank tread on right side.  Need to increase the extend spacer height.  This is interfering with repeatable autonomous runs.  
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* Mechanical: Robot fender is rubbing main tank tread on right side.  Need to increase the extend spacer height.  This is interfering with repeatable autonomous runs.  
Electrical: Power supply wiring is longer than needed, would like to shorten where possible.
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* Electrical: Power supply wiring is longer than needed, would like to shorten where possible.
Drivers: Verifying that our recent debris pickup modification to prevent blocks from escaping works well and does not cause any other problems.
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* Drivers: Verifying that our recent debris pickup modification to prevent blocks from escaping works well and does not cause any other problems.
Video Production: Organize this effort and plan for having a video for our Harrisburg qualifier.
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* Video Production: Organize this effort and plan for having a video for our Harrisburg qualifier.
 
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Wrap-Up: Decide and communicate meeting schedule for the remainder of the week.   
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* Wrap-Up: Decide and communicate meeting schedule for the remainder of the week.   
  
  
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==Mechanical==
 
==Mechanical==
  
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==Electrical==
  
  
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==Programming==
  
 
-Fixing Debris Loss On Mountain
 
:-Myles thought of ideas for keeping debris from flying out the mountain, he then tested them on the robot.
 
 
-Fixing the Tread Bearing
 
:-Bennett helped Matt push out a tread bearing that had sunk in too far into the arm frame.
 
:-Matt help trouble shoot to see what was causing the problem of keeping the robots arm from properly raising and lowering. Matt also fixed the arm and removed the thing that was keeping the arm from raising and lowering
 
 
 
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==Programming==
 
Review autonomous operation and turn as needed.
 
  
  

Revision as of 15:18, 13 February 2016

Competition Season Meeting

Meeting Date Meeting Time Location Attendees
TCHS Brandywine

GOALS for this meeting

  • Research: Robot Batteries: Research best practices for maintaining our batteries. We may have inadvertently damaged our existing batteries in recent weeks.
  • Mechanical: Robot fender is rubbing main tank tread on right side. Need to increase the extend spacer height. This is interfering with repeatable autonomous runs.
  • Electrical: Power supply wiring is longer than needed, would like to shorten where possible.
  • Drivers: Verifying that our recent debris pickup modification to prevent blocks from escaping works well and does not cause any other problems.
  • Video Production: Organize this effort and plan for having a video for our Harrisburg qualifier.
  • Wrap-Up: Decide and communicate meeting schedule for the remainder of the week.


Research

Mechanical

Electrical

Programming

Field Elements



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