Students are continuing to work with full force! Our practice base is coming together beautifully! Parts are being completed and have been attached. Its progress is exciting, and we hope to have this base finished soon. Programmers are eager to take control and get to work on electrical and pneumatics.
Supporting elements of the robot such as churro rods and spacers are being added, essential to our robot. Wheel assemblies are being finished off as well and are currently being sized to perfection. Students are working at a fast pace with a great work ethic, putting us ahead of schedule for this season.
Programmers have done a fantastic job on working out code for this years game on our robot from last year. Using a new camera called a Pixy Cam, they have been able to work on code that can follow and find the middle of two pieces of reflective tape. They have made different programs to also help our future drives when it comes to visibility being obstructed.
Students also finished up working on the shooter, adding on a mechanism that allows it to hold balls in the prototype. The shooter will hopefully be finished up and added to the practice soon with a high ratio of balls that are scored. The beginning of week 5 may be the day that students are able to hand over the robot to programmers.