Last week team 1323 designed the human loader on the back of the robot. With the loader complete, all that remained in design was creating a method to hold the recycling bin, and updating the tote holder. With many components in the final stages, a mentor was able to work with students to begin writing code for the robot's human operation, and many basic processes were prepared. Having code made it easy to see problems that the robot had, which were not visible when systems were operated manually, and adjustments were made to fix these issues. Nearly every system on the robot was modified slightly, but in the end it functioned better than anticipated at performing the tasks set out for it.
With design almost completed preparations were made for manufacturing as soon as the team was ready. Supplies were ordered and either shipped in or picked up. Modeling design was almost completely finished and plans were made for parts would be produced. Some team members would be able to use the near fully functional prototype to practice operating it, while others coded, and yet another set of students observed to see what modifications had to be made.
(An assembled elevator for the prototype)
Pictures and a detailed explanation of this years robot will be posted soon as build season comes to a close.
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