Drive practice at Roger Beasley Volvo in Georgetown, Texas was today. We learned that our time line was on target. We definitely need to work on the manipulator to control the MRT. It took 40 seconds to load 60 golf balls. Our caster design with the lazy susan and golf ball worked very well.
The design of the robot will change to include the following: an arm with the servo claw, a door that will raise straight up with the power of a small motor, two servos with hooks to manipulate the MRT. The bucket will be made 2 inches taller but be made of one layer of cardboard but will still remain in the one square foot print.
The design notebook was turned in for the original checkpoint. We received very positive feedback on the progress and the general state of the notebook. We have high hopes for the design notebook this year.
Before the team left drive practice, the team sought out a meeting place to discuss the days proceedings.
Several of the students along with Scott, Linda and Tim went back to the shop to work on designs. Upon return to the shop, they worked on designs and ideas from the day of drive practice.
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