The team met with rules packets in hand to discuss Breakaway.
We opened up the discussion with looking at the contest from an offensive as well defensive point of view. Strategy and design go hand in hand but strategy was discussed very heavily this evening. In addition, tournament scoring/seeding was also discussed in the process.
Scott McMahon, Texas Instruments lead the evening of activities. We had 15 students present along with 8 mentors.
The pictures in the gallery summarize the evening's discussions. In the process, we discussed three phases of the contest: autonomous, teleoperated and finale. Offensive and defensive strategies were again discussed in each of the phases. No design or strategy decisions were made in regards to the robot or the contest but I think some design and strategy decisions are starting to form in the eyes of the team. Some designs such as Ackermann steering were eliminated from the discussion.
Tuesday will be an Open House for the community. We will demonstrate robots and answer questions to visitors about our team, the contest and how they can be involved. Brainstorming will also occur in the Scientific Research and Design (Robotics II) class as well.
On a side note, Stephen and David began work on a test bench for the programmers. This will allow the programmers to begin to work on code in regards to motor control and gain familiarity in the LabVIEW environment.
Norman Morgan
Robotics I and II
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