Team Seven/Journal
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Week 1
Day 1: Yay! MASLAB!
Day 2: Yay! DemoBot! Also got Ball Chasing done!
Day 3: Fixing things and CADing things.
Day 4: Remaking DemoBot into Practicebot.
Day 5: Practicebot built.
Week 2
Day 6: Camera Multiple Tracking Achieved. Maple Code switched to OOP. Filters added.
Day 7: Brain Storm Session. Bot Concepts developed: A,B,C,D,E
Day 8-9: Over Night Dev. Sonar Developed. Java Framework developed. Filters Improved. Marble Maze [Alpha, unmotorized] Tested. Maple Died.
Day 10: Recovery of Team.
Week 3
Day 11: Harvard Trip. Recovery Complete. Team Resync up.
Day 12: MechE team worked "very very hard". Marble Maze [Acrylic Beta, unmotorized] Completed. Marble Maze Gear slippage problem noted, solved through key shafts and water jetted metallic gears.
Day 13-14: Acrylic Beta Marble Maze motorized. Everything is great.
Day 15: Seeding Mock. Subbot was developed and competed.
Week 4
Day 16: Fundamental Frame of FinalBot completed.
Day 17: Sensory Strategy rethink. Sonar and IR abandoned.
Day 18: Seeding. BotClient compatibility developed. Seeded by capturing 1 ball. Finishing Touches. LED added. Color sorting added and tested.
Day 19: Reliability improvement. Scoring algorithm and strategy developed.
Day 20: Competition.
