Week Seven Summary (10-10-14)

Achievements:

This week we have gotten cookie dough into the tech room. Attended a FERM meeting in pertaining to robotics funding and we are planning on reopening the robotics account. We have contacted FTC officials on getting registered by sending emails and calling certain FTC officials. Also we have filled out paper work to get our fundraising approved by our principal Ms. Henschel. Also our teams have been working diligently to finish our robots and become competition ready.

10-9-14

Today we finally got the cookie dough in class! So tomorrow we can start fundraising and selling cookies for 2 for $1. Also today a few of us are planning on attending the FERM meeting today after school at 6:30pm in the magnet amphitheater. Also we are making plans to go to the Practice Meet at Western High School next Friday (10-18-14), so we can gain extra information on the competition as well as possibly get some ideas to improve the design of our robot.

10-8-14

Today our team worked on finishing the coding portion of their robots. Perfected their drive trains and chassis on their robots to make sure that they would be stable and sturdy. Also we worked on contacting FTC officials in regard to registration and competing in this year's FTC competition.

10-7-14

Today three of our teams have finished building their chassis and are now adding motors and motor controllers as well as coding their robots. Also we are in the process of getting registered and we will have cookie dough by tomorrow so hopefully we can start fundraising.

Week Seven (10-6-14)

Goals:

Begin selling cookies

Finish Updating Solid Works Model

Purchase Cookie Dough

Start Constructing Field Elements

This week our team is planning on selling cookies with the fridge that was donated to us by Tyler Sekosan's father. Which means today we should be going to restaurant depot to buy the box of frozen cookie dough. Also we intend on updating the current solid works model of the robot as we continue to make changes to our robot. Plus this week we plan on building the field elements starting with the ramp today during 6th period.

10-3-14 (Week Six Summary)

Accomplishments:

This week our three teams have just about finished building their chassis's each with a different design than the next. We have also put together the field and we are planning on building the scoring elements next week, starting with the ramp. Also we have got in contact and found a person who is willing to donate a fridge to us. So by Monday we will start baking cookies and working on our end effectors in class and after school.

10-1-14

Today our three tetrix groups are working on finishing their chassis's for each of their robots. Some teams have half of their chassis done and others are still stuck trying to take apart old robots and find parts. Each group should be done by Friday and they should begin coding by Monday if all goes well and everyone finishes on time. Also today after school we are having a build day so members from each team can work on their robot and start building the field.