Thursday, September 19, 2013

On Time and On Target...but with some complications

This year is all about deadlines and organization for this team. We meet our first deadline set by the team and made a final decision about what we need to focus on as far as scoring. We decided that since it had the best ratio at 3:1(advantages to disadvantages), pushing block under the pendulum would be the best way and easiest thing to do with a back-up of hanging (ratio of 2:4). If we have time, and the skill, we will do some type of autonomous mode to park on the bridge or push a block under the pendulum. We started to disassemble the robot from last year and we encountered a problem with our NXT brick. It would light up and show the menu on the screen. Luckily, we found another NXT brick that does work properly. We decided to make a list of things we need since so many of our materials from last year are missing for some reason. Replenishing our supply is of the utmost importance since we cant properly build a robot without the needed materials and tools. We ended today with clean up and plans to meet Tuesday for more disassemble of the robot and hopefully make a final list as to what we should and need to purchase.

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