Log Reports

2/10/09

  • Received new pneumatics
  • Finalized lower deck design
  • Received shipping crates from the shop

2/9/09

  • Got supplies for bumpers
  • Worked on upper deck

2/7/09

  • Saturday workday
  • Began bringing robot up to code
  • Swapped out and reformatted electronics board again

2/4/09

  • Electronics board swapped out—cut to small for the electronics system
  • Holes drilled to streamline the board

2/2/09

  • Due to new understanding of the rules, the design was modified
  • Possible name:  Space-Quake

1/31/09

  • Saturday work day at school
  • Continued work on upper deck
  • Began autonomous programming

1/27/09

  • Began construction of final upper deck design
  • Programmed pneumatics into Labview

1/23/09

  • Reviewed priorities
  • Decided what components to add

1/22/09

  • Finished construction of final base

1/17/09

  • Saturday work day at school
  • Began final design of base

1/14/09

  • Disassembled the base
  • Continue to model the actual design on inventor
  • Prepared the batteries
  • Worked with control station

1/13/09

  • Finished temporary base, successfully controlled
  • Completed air tank/gauge assembly
  • Added auxiliary controls for program use

1/10/09

  • Saturday workday at school
  • Archived all design possibilities
  • Continued construction of temporary base

1/8/09

  • Successfully teleoperated control system
  • Finished preliminary designs

1/7/09

  • Started construction of temporary base

1/6/09

  • Introduce ideas to entire team everyone brainstormed
  • Jed looked over rules book

1/3/09

  • Attended FIRST Kick-Off at St. Louis Science Center
  • Retrieved kit of parts
  • Took inventory of kit
  • Began strategizing

12/23/08

  • Printed copies of Labview FRC Programming manual and C/C++ Programming Manual from the FRC website

12/22/08

  • 12 V motors added to control system test bed and controllable via joysticks
  • 2nd Jaguar controller added to test setup
  • Axis camera added to test bed (not yet tested)

12/20/08

  • Firmware in NImC unit updated to FRC update #1 and set in labview mode.
  • Control system tested and found to be operational with components installed on it

12/19/08

  • Control system test bed completed
  • Control system tested
  • Firmware in Driver’s station updated

12/17/08

  • Continued construction of control system test bed
  • Copy of control system manual printed from FRC website

12/12/08

  • Received FRC control system via early shipment (UPS)
  • Inventoried components in shipment
  • Began constructing control system test bed

 

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