Today was the last day before the signal for the alarm bells will be going off for most teams, not only because the month of February has arrived, but also Week 5 is beginning tomorrow. While we are basically just manufacturing and assembling whatever we need to be manufactured and assembled, so not much has been happening recently in terms of the engineering design process as a whole. But most of today was recapping what was happening, and making sure everyone was on the same page, as well as reminding people that there are things other than robots due relatively soon, so it wasn't too productive in terms of robot stuff, but some stuff did get done.
Shooter
Today we spent a lot more time on shooter stuff today, just putting the catapult and tower together, mounting it all to the frame, as well as the winch, and beginning to design the latch. Pretty much, it is the exact same as the practice bot, but made with square aluminum tubing entirely, rather than both tubing and wood.
Intake
Today we finished up adding the zipties onto the intake to make sure the wires didn't get in the way or caught on anything while driving the robot around, and not much else happened today for the intake, and it is just a matter of waiting for everything else to be finished.
Drive Base
Today the frame was worked on again, but just for mounting stuff, mainly the tower, and beginning to mount the shooter stuff.
Approximate times of working: Meeting Not Attended (out of town)
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