Week 0 Scrimmage Preparations:
As we continued to work towards the Spartan Week 0 event, we finalized the list of our competition members in both the pit team and strategy. We made some final touches and adjustments to have a competitive robot to field at the event. The week leading up to the event, we allowed the software team to make some major improvements to the robots functions while our new driver and drive coach got prepared.
Intake / Store Testing:
Throughout the preparations for week zero we made minor tweaks to the intake and store subsystem, our testing revealed some performance issues which need to be fixed. We found that many of the balls would shoot out of the top of the hopper rather than going into the dye rotor (spindexer), so we added a net to the extending portion of the hopper.
Shooter Testing:
Over the past two weeks of FRC, our team has had several successes and roadblocks. Our turret now aims exceptionally well using a phase shift combined with the robot velocity. It’s been smoothed with a linear filter for limiting jitter. Our shooter and hood are currently operating well, and have a strong outtake speed, looking forward to seeing how it works at the Week 0 Scrimmage. Some future improvements is tuning the shooting so it works further away from the hub, which will require some velocity tests and revising the interpolation map. Next, we need to verify the shooter angle is actually what we expect it to be.
Pit Pack-Up:
The Week 0 Scrimmage pit pack-up went as smoothly as it had in prior seasons. Initially awkward with remembering the order of operations and searching for institutional checklists from prior seasons, we fully loaded both of our pits and the robot onto the trailer within the designated time frame. We did leave behind a few components not stashed away in the tote boxes and drawers, so for the future, we need to double-check and ensure nothing gets left behind, and prepare our to-do lists and checklists beforehand to make packing up just that more seamless.
You can continue to track our build season progress at our website’s photo album.
