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.

Battery Box

Today I worked on drilling the holes in the box. I had to measure the pieces of wood by inches and watched Mr. Gary cut the wood. I also learned how to find sizes of the tools. I watched Roy get the robot's arm moving.

Nikki

wheels

Well, i just finished the front two wheels. However, we may want to put some more pop rivets in the tread just to make sure it is held down good. I may try to stop and get them on the way to the meeting. Or if anyone has some they could bring, that would be great too!

Servos are evil

Roy, Mr. Anderson, and I were trying to get the servos on the camera to work. We were going to all kinds of websites, trying everything we could think of, driving ourselves insane. You have to have the back up battery plugged in.... Other than that and some parts not showing up it was a very productive day. Mrs. Hayes, thanks for the Valentine cupcakes.

Building the Shipping Crate

Today Nikki, Mr. Billy and I built the shipping crate today. Nikki and I got to drill everything on the crate. It took us all day to build it. We couldn't finish the wheels again this week because the gears are still not in. We still have to finish the arm for the robot also.

Video From 2.03.07

This is with the BIG camera

Video From 1.27. 07

I apologise for the lateness of this video. the other is coming shortly.