Build Season Week 2 Blog
This past week has been extremely productive for our team, with significant progress across various areas. On the prototyping side, we continued working on the intake, outtake, and our deep cage climb. We have been avidly testing ways to pick up coral from every orientation on the ground and trying various indexers to re-orient the coral into a vertical position so our robot can score it in the trough (L1). Over the weekend, we assembled and tested our bicep climb mechanism. We made solid improvements to the lever tube, switching to 4 ¼” plates for version 2, enhancing its strength. We added some extra weights to imitate a robot's realistic weight. We’re also looking into ways to enhance alignment and efficiency, including pocketing and experimenting with alternative lever materials. We also developed a second version of the outtake to enhance its functionality. We’ve completed the drivetrain assembly and the control systems board. Additionally, we installed the climbing cages on the practice field, where we had the opportunity to host Team 971 on Thursday who were doing some auto-testing on their dev robot. We also continued testing on our Alphabot, practicing cycle times and how quickly our robot can score coral on [...]
