Monday, April 27, 2015

Blog #17



The quarter is slowly coming to an end, and we are rushing to try and figure out why our arm has not yet worked well enough to complete the tetrahedron challenge, we have tried almost everything we can to fix the problem. Might have to call in the (Jacob) soon and get an extra set of eyes on this arm.

Friday, April 24, 2015

Blog #16

Going into our tetra challenge, we are still trying to program the arm which is being difficult because of the outdated software, and our lack of knowledge with programming arms. On a positive note we have built a solid yet agile tetrahedron for the upcoming challenge so maybe that will give us the competitive edge we need.

Monday, April 20, 2015

Blog #15

Programming has finally show some improvement and with the arm pre-made Jason is attaching it to the bot for the next challenge. Tetra challenge is up next, where we must use the arm to pick up the tetra in a specific time.

Friday, April 17, 2015

Blog # 14

It's been very challenging with programming, robot has been making horrible turns at bad angles which causes it to collide with the chairs and walls. but figured a way to get by these obstacles stay tuned till monday!!!.

Monday, April 13, 2015

Blog # 13

Been programming for a week, as a group we've been struggling to perfect the numbers to get this autonomous down pack but continue to work. with help from Jacob progress still being made but this is difficult.