Oh, Ship Time

Time to ship the robot. The camera follows the light, and hopefully we'll be able to make it go to the light. It's a lot more complicated than last year, but it's still a long ways from perfect.

THE ARM 2

Today we worked on the arm some more. We decided the robot would only reach the first and second bars.

We're Not Done Yet

Even though today was suppose to be the last day, we still didn't finish. Some of the people are coming tomorrow to finish the robot. Nikki and I work on the foot of the arm. We also went to Lowes with Mr. Madison. Taylor went also. They got the wheels moving, the ones that had the gears. We also brought the crate to the AEL building.

WHAT I DID

Today me and Mandie worked on the foot of the robot. We drilled holes in it first then we put the pice to the foot of the robot. we also helped clean up the room and our space that we had made a mess at as well. We went to lowes with our teacher Mr. Madison to get some wairer for the robot . That's what Idid today in my group with my homie Mandie.

Nikki

Another Box

On Saturday Nikki and I built another box. This box was for the battery. We did the measurements and Mr. Gary cut the wood. Then Nikki and I put the box together. Roy got the arm of the robot to move a little. Even though it snowed the whole time, we still got a lot done.

THE ARM

Even though it snowed we still had a good turn out. Mr. Gary, Mrs. Leigh, and I went to Lowes and Wal-mart to get parts for the arm and the bumpers. We found some really light aluminum material that's way lighter than the other stuff, and it still needs to be cut. We built the arm and attached it the robot. The paddle moved really well, but the arm had a really hard time lifting up, and it didn't lift up high enough. We are going to add a counter weight on it and see if that helps.