January 7
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Went over the field element and game rules
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Took inventory of the new kit of parts
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Started to build robot chassis
January 9
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Finished building the chassis
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Discussed game strategy
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Watched a teams 3 day robot build video
January 10
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placed all wiring into chassis
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planed on how to pick up power cubes
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Worked on CAD
January 11
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Helped with team member's Senior Project
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We Created a frame of a claw to pick up the power cube
January 14
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Made modifications to the robot
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Did some CAD and Programming work
January 16
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Made power cube claw grab the cube but still more work
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Worked on programming
January 17
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Installed Eclipse on other laptops
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Cut Wood to build game elements
January 18
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Programming work
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Built Platform for Scale with wood
January 21
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Cut wood and started Scale Frame
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Watched programming video
January 23
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Both Chassis Motors now move
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Continued to make the parts for game elements
January 24
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Built most of the scale (game element)
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Made more buttons and magnets
January 25
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Put most of the scale together and balanced
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Worked on more progamming
January 28
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Made robot elevator
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Cut some wood
January 30
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We did our first drive test (Functional)
January 31
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More CAD work
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More programming
February 1
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Replaced robot's electrical platform from wood to Plexiglas
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Built the robot elevator
February 4
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Mechanical work
February 5
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Mechanical work
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Spirit
February 6
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Mechanical work
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Programming
February 7
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​Attached the elevator to the robot
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Programming
February 8
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Mechanical work
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Programming
February 10
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Mechanical work
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Electrical work
February 11
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added claw and pulley system to the power cube elevator
February 12
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Started to build a permanent Claw
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Built Robot Ramp
February 13
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Continuing to build a permanent Claw
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Began to place Robot Ramp
February 14
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placed new working claw
February 15
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Started to make a place for the ramps
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Programming
February 16
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Adding ramps
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Programming
February 17
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Finished Adding ramps
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Programming
February 18
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Placed bumpers
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Replaced mounts
February 19
February 20
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Test drove the robot. more work needed
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fix the coding to single stick drive
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Replaced the elevator rope with stronger rope
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added wench for ramps for both sides
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bagged the robot
March 15
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NOTE: fell behind on updates
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started on making a practice Robot that can function the same as the competition robot
March 18
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Took the robot out of the bag for 4 hours
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weighed it. the robot is within the requirements of 120 Ibs
March 21
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packed up the trailer for the trip to Mason High School for setup
March 22
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Built the pit
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Inspected and weighed the robot
March 23
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within matches we have found problems and fixed them
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Finished the day at ranking at 29
March 24
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Finished the qualifying at ranking at 16 out of 40