Week 6 Accomplishments

We are really disappointed. We didn't even make it into the final match. We went up against Brandon's Tetrix robot which beat us by half and inch. Their robot did a wheelie and when the motors stopped they slid forward. That put us in the elimination bracket and we were then beat by another team in the semi-finals.

The main problem we experienced was traction. The loss of traction caused our robot to pull ourselves toward the other robot. The winch is also really slow compared to the other robots gearing. At times they would accelerate faster and pull the slack in the line to their side.

Going to regroup and try to win the next competition. 

This is what happens when Engineering students get bored

We got bored with just pulling each other around on the tables. So we decided to make our robot hang off the edge and pull itself up. This is a picture of us trying to push Brandon's robot off the table.

Week 6 Goals

WE ARE GOING TO WIN!!!!!!!!

This week is the Tug-Of-War competition and I can feel it. There are only three teams that we have to worry about losing to but we have the most torque out of all the robots in the class. The only major concern is how our robot is going to do on the tables inside due to the smoother surfaces.

Week 5 Accomplishments

We are finally done with our robot. There really wasn't anything to do besides look at our amazing robot.
We did some trial runs with other teams and we won all the outside competitions. However inside we had problems with traction resulting in a few losses.
We are trying to think of ideas for better traction but nothing has come to mind.

Here are some of the robots we will be competing against

Blogging

Will working on the blog for the robot. Grades are due next week so we need to get the blog up and running plus we need more pictures

Week 5 Goals

I believe that we are finally done with the robot. Yes finally
Our goal is to relax and enjoy our hard work.
Our robot has a good chance to win as long at the wheel have traction and the axles don't twist.

Week 4 Accomplishments

We got the twisted axle out of the robot and replaced it with a new one.
Our robot is now prepped for the competition and the weight is currently at 19.8 pounds
The gearing was also changed to a stupidly low 114:1

Me and Jaret taking a selfie with the robot