Daily+Logs

Today, we completed a couple of exercises: the wait and cage. We have a bit of catching up to do, but we will finish switch tomorrow and begin the challenge. We need to work on a way to get both sensors on the robot simultaneously.
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#2: We are slowly but steadily coming along, getting to start the challenge. We are a bit behind, though we have preliminary ideas on the claw. When Benson actually shows up to class we will be able to work faster.

#3: We have almost completed the claw, adding a ramp that will allow it to roll off when released. We will complete this tomorrow and get some programming done. We likely will not be ready for any test runs tomorrrow,

#4: We completely revamped how we will pick up the ball, realizing the large amount of instability that our claw had. We instead replaced it with a scooping mechanism, one that is much more stable and we have successfully picked up a ball with. This will work, and now it's time to get some ish done with the programming.

#5: We have perfected the claw by providing security from it losing the ball. The programming is nearly perfect, with just slight tweaks needed. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's gonna taste sweet when we get there. [All credit goes to Ethan Spalding for that heinous metaphor.]


 * 1) 6 we failed at our trial, but we have gotten it to work. At worst, there are minor tweaks remaining.


 * 1) 7 We are, for the most part, done. About 50% of the time we get the ball in, so with 2 trials remaining, we'd like to increase consistency a bit. I won't be here tomorrow, so hopefully benson will.