January 11, 2009

10:00AM - 4:00PM

• Terry, Art, Brad, Mr. Woodwood, Matt, Mark and ~10 students
• Programming
  o Got encoders working
  o Continued working on camera
• Manufacturing
  o Finished wiring base
  o Wired batteries
  o Temporariliy wired encoders
• Design
  o Hashed out the collector and scoring mechanisms
  - Matt, Mark, Brad and Henry are going to work on drawings for it
• Others
  o All students present got to drive the robot
  - Fun driving challenges
  - Base seems reasonably responsive to controls
  - More work has to be done on the default drive code to eliminate stalling (which may have been mostly caused by a dying battery)

January 10, 2009

10:00AM - 2:00PM

• Mr. Brown, Brad, Terry, Art, and ~10 students
• Programming
  o Got camera working
  o Started working on vision tracking
• Manufacturing
  o Mounted encoders, cross beam in base, and electronics
  o Fixed spacing issue on chains and put chains on all 4 wheels
  o Trailer was worked on
  o Backing for vision target was completed
• Design
  o Worked mostly with build team
  o Tomorrow (and this week) will focus on ball "sucker-upper" and scoring mechanism
• Business
  o Dropped off more sponsor letters around the area (most importantly, finally got to Princess Auto)

January 9, 2009

3:00PM – 8:00PM

• Mr. Brown, Terry, Art, Brad, and ~15 students
• Business
  o Finished the “Thank you” letters
  o Got a onetime food donation from Monaco’s Pizza
  o Decided to try to run an iPod raffle
• Design
  o Full base built
• Manufacturing
  o Trailer almost completed, needs to be put together
  o Rebuilt base of practice robot
• Programming
  o Got the null-modem cable, the camera, and debugging working
  o Learned more on syntax

January 8, 2009

3:00PM – 8:00PM

• Mr. Brown, Terry, Art, Brad, and ~15 students along with the business group consisting of Matt, Fazlin, and Alexandra
• Programming
  o Art taught a lecture [need more info]
  o Temporary 10 seconds of autonomous period programmed
  o Sensor soldered and temporary attached
• Electrical
  o Terry and Matt taught lectures on gyro and camera sensing
• Business
  o Picked up donated supplies from RONA
  o Created new sponsor letters

January 6, 2009

3:00PM – 8:00PM

• Mr. Brown, Brad, Terry, Art, and ~15 students
• Electrical
  o Built generic drive system to use for programmers
• Programming
  o Linked laptops to control system and began c ++ examples
• Business
  o Zaighum, Tammy, and Brad handed out sponsorship letters
  Canadian Tire (2 locations)
  RONA – Pickup supplies on Thursday
  Home Furniture
  Zehrs
  KW Surplus – Call or come before 6PM
• Manufacturing
  o Built the base for the robot
  o Continued working on trailer
• Design
  o Began Solid Edge designs for drive system on CAD
  o Drew the basic concept of the robot

January 5, 2009

3:00PM - 7:00PM

• Terry, Art, and Mr. Brown and ~15 students
• Design
  o Two separate groups
  o CAD drawings to be started for the next meeting
• Electrical
  o Wiring for power station
• Programming
  o Completed new updates for software
• Manufacturing
  o Reviewed specs and calculated size of trailer
  o Began cutting seperate pieces

January 4, 2009

9:00AM – 3:30PM

• Brad, Art, Terry, Mr. Brown and ~10 students
• Went over rules and answered questions regarding the rules
• Overall strategizing
  o Split into two groups
  o Discussed game play, drive system, key concepts, etc.
• Live simulation of the game in the gym
  o Determining different game strategies
• Combined both group’s ideas
  o Picked the top 3 ideas for each category
  Drive System
  1. 4 wheel independent with traction control
  2. AWD tank
  3. Tricycle with traction control
  Prototyping
  1. Chute with whackers, turret, and belt
  2. Hook belt with funnel
  o With possible shooter
  3. Belt with inclined plane or bucket