Revision as of 18:18, 3 February 2013

Neither Last nor Least

1. Overall Strategy

At first the team was ready to score balls in the pyramid. One interesting thing to note: balls thrown over the perimeter of the field does not count as negative points. It would be unfortunate, however. In the end, throwing the balls over any wall would have been advantageous.

2. mechanical design and sensors -

Ball Possession

Last year, the rubber band roller, though not common amongst the teams, showed quick and easy success. We made a completely functional one for our Peggy (pegbot)

Upward Motion

We had a conveyor/pulley belt idea at first. Here are some sketches:[[File:]]

However, after our with-the-staff meeting, we decided to use the Archimedes screw as our ball-lifting mechanism. Attach CADs?

3. software design - H,D

4. overall performance - all

5. conclusions/suggestions for future teams - all! we can separate this by person

R: Organize your electronics FROM THE START. This is compulsory. Weak connections caused our robot to not really be able to run our very first match (motor wires not in controller all the way).