First is the worst, Second is the best, Third is the one with the golden chest

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This time around, we came in third place, loosing only to the seniors, and Brandon's tetrix team. We found that rubber bands stretched around the wheels has more traction than the rubberized epoxy.

Indoor tug of war

After finishing the outdoor tug of war contest last week, we are beginning the indoor competition which will take place on the indoor tables. We believe our robot stands the chance of winning, because of our modified wheels which produces lots of traction on slippery surfaces. Other teams are starting to wrap rubber bands around there robots to get a leg over the competition.

solids work in solidworks

Today we finished the solid works model of our robot and we think it looks pretty nice.

We also had time to play with the render tools, and this is what our bot would look like in a dark room as a light source,

Today Micheal and Jasen are starting the process of applying rubber sealant to the front wheels which currently is not covered. The addition this product to all four wheels will allow the most weight (which is located on the front of the robot) to be useful at its full potential. We plan for them to dry over the weekend and come back on Monday to install.

Bend it like Beckham

This Monday Jasen and Micheal came to the realization that two of there four axles were bent and deformed due to riding on top of there robot as personal transport. The need to replace the parts will involve finding new axles and filing them to size. We hope to be ready for the competition by next week.

Giving Tetrix a run for its money

Today we are starting to test our robot against the competition. Our robot defeated an Tetrix robot which is supposed to have stronger gears and motors. We hope to add extra weights and accessories to our robot next week.

Can you stand it

So far we finished our bot and now we are working on the Solidworks 3d image of our design. Our bot is a little bit under the weight limit so we plan to add more weight later.

Grinding gears (not realy)

This week we put gears on half of our robot and used a motor to test the traction, as well as the torque. We found that our gears give the robot excellent torque and plan to continue with this setup.

9+10 = 21

This Monday the 21'st Micheal and Jasen are installing the sprockets for our newly conceived chain robot. We hope to have the motors installed by Friday, as well as the gears for the Bot.

The Wheel Deal

Today Jasen and Micheal are installing the wheels to the robot along with the necessary collars and bearings to fit the axles. We hope to start our gears next week starting monday

Traction Tuesday

This week we are going to work more on our super traction wheels and there installation, and the frame of our bot. We hope to install the wheels and gears on our bot, and prepare for motors next week.

Freedom Friday

This Friday we would like to commemorate the fallen during this day.

Micheal and Jasen have started the chassis and frame for the robot. 

We hope to have our wheels and gears installed next week

Hello All. Today is the start of our new blog for our 6th period robotics class. We will begin posting about our class every Monday and Friday.