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Blue Balls 4/27/18

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We finished the manual ball challenge yesterday afternoon. we had to move the blue rubber ball from the ground to the white tube in less than a minute, finishing with 16 seconds to spare. Now that we've finished the first part of this challenge we will be moving on to the autonomous part of this challenge. We will be writing the code for this challenge today and hopefully move on to the next on Tuesday next week.

Autohedron 4/23/18

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Today we completed the code for the autonomous tetrahedron challenge and have been given the ball  and obstacle for our next challenge. The challenge entails picking up a small rubber ball and place it inside a large white tube. we've begun to build the extension on our arm in order to pick up the ball and will be able to complete the challenge next class.       

Autonomous 3rd Challenge 4/20/18

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Wednesday we finished the challenge manually and lifted the tetrahedron onto the post. We have the code for the autonomous part of the challenge almost finished and will most likely complete i on Monday. We still haven't run into problems throughout the 3rd challenge.

Challenge 3 4/16/18

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Beginning the claw challenge today. We've finished the construction of the claw and began to practice lifting it onto the post. We haven't run into any complications so far. once we've finished well begin the autonomous part of this challenge.

Finished 2nd Challenge 4/13/18

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We successfully finished the figure 8 challenge on Wednesday the 11th then began to prepare for the next challenge requiring us to add a claw to our robot. Once added we will need to lift two tetrahedrons onto a post in one minute to finish the challenge. we've already began to build the lift and claw and will be finished today, completing the code next week and hopefully the challenge as well.

SolidWorks Mock-Up

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Figure 8 Challenge 4/9/18

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We have figured out the problem with the challenge, no pun intended. The battery voltage changes as we practice the code and is different at different voltages. Once we have finished the code we will make sure the voltage on the battery is the same on Wednesday as it was today and then be able to actually pick up from where we left off. Anyway, the challenge should be finished by Wednesday at the latest if not tomorrow.

Restart 4/5/18

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We've come back to the engineering lab today and the code for the robot seems to be all wrong. Turns which were perfect before now go in the wrong direction and forwards go on for much too long. A little more time spent reviewing the code and tweaking errors should fix the problem, although it feels much like we're starting all over again. we are also both getting used to the process and routine of working together in the back.

Problems 4/3/18

Today we continued coding for the figure 8 challenge, the second challenge in our vex robotics project. Struggles for this challenge have occurred numerous times and it seems to be mostly trial and error. We intend to finish next week and the code is coming together, however slowly. The robot moves autonomously through the first round of figure 8 and begins to stumble. This shouldn't be a difficult problem to fix.