We glued on the rings to one roller, but unfortunately we ran out of super glue, so we’ll finish them tomorrow at school. We also replaced the shafts for the rollers since they were threaded, instead getting solid ones since they are stronger. Just like last week, the meeting couldn’t be as long as usual because we had to move back our robot and other materials back to Parkville.
Sincerely,
Hamna A,
Team007 Web Development Editor
Today we mounted one of the electronics board, the higher horizontal one. We also finished the rings that will go on the rollers to keep the belts evenly spaced. They will be glued on tomorrow. And we also finally got the belt system to work completely, earlier the front lower one wouldn’t put enough compression on the ball and wasn’t low enough to lift it – but with adding wire ties the basketball gets picked up and goes all the way up to the shooter.
Sincerely,
Hamna A,
Team007 Web Development Editor
Once we distributed the load from the belts equally across the rollers, the shafts didn’t bend, so that problem is solved. We have fabricated most of our shooter and turret over today and also Tuesday. What’s left is getting the right hubs for the shaft and also the cover for the wheel so well – we don’t have a shredded ball everytime we try to shoot one.
Sincerely,
Hamna A,
Team007 Web Development Editor
Today we created new belts for the system, with 10% stretch instead of 20%. They still bend the shafts for the rollers a bit from the load but we should be able to put some brackets on to keep the rollers in place and also keep spinning. The programming team has begun programming sensors. The coding is getting there, but unfortunately until the robot is done(hopefully this weekend) there won’t be a reasonable amount of testing to see if it works.
Sincerely,
Hamna A,
Team007 Web Development Editor
Today we started coding the motors, and progressed with the horizontal electronics board. The build team has the frame for the turret done and and is also gearing up the lazy susan. We tried putting on the belts today but the load caused a shaft to bend so we’ll be trying again tomorrow with a different method that will hopefully keep all shafts unbent.
Sincerely,
Hamna A,
Team007 Web Development Editor
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