Week 2

We finished rebuilding the right side of the bot.

A lingering concern is that the right motor is still slightly loose.

Week 2

One of the motors was weak, so we replaced it. While replacing the motor, we realized that the right side had been poorly constructed overall, so we ended up rebuilding large portions of it.

Week 2 (2/25-3/1) Goals

Today, we tweaked the bot a little bit. Some of the collars were loose, as was the receiver (sorry, no pictures).

Week 1 (2/18-2/22) Outcome

Started off with this:

Then we realigned the gears:

Then we added the receiver to the top:

Finally, we added "The Brain":

Week 1

We started off Day 2 with half of the frame complete (with wheels and one motor attatched).

We ended the day by finishing the other half of the frame, attaching all wheels and another motor.

Week 1 (2/18 - 2/22) Goals

Today, we created our team and took inventory of most materials we would need to assemble the VEX robot. Our toolbox contained axles, collars, nuts, screws, and Allen keys.

The pieces of the robot itself came in a cardboard box, and the instructions on how to build the robot came in a binder that we had in the classroom.

 

We began work proper on creating the robot, and by the end of the day, we had completed half of the main frame.