Deskjob

This Friday came along productively as usual, with some decent coding progress being made as we get ready for the next challenge. The day was spent coding and testing out instructions for the robot's ability to autonomously complete the next challenge.

Working Out The Kinks

This Monday was a productive one with several technical issues concerning our robot being resolved. After a good amount of time spent experimenting with the wiring we found that it in fact was not the problem, the code was. So, after some renovation concerning the code we got our robot up and moving fully once again.

Grinding To a Halt

This Friday provided for some challenges in that we found one of the motors on our robot's frame was not functioning properly, as well as other parts of the robot losing mobility due to what we believe are electrical faults. It was a little rough finding a suitable motor and working everything into place but, it's always good to have something to do.

Working Things Into Place

Today was a day of testing and tweaking with the arm on our robot again, working out kinks as they come along. Easy day. Moving on, to make the movements more controlled we are looking to attach a counterweight to the back of the arm. Another thing we're looking to put into shape is the wiring situation, make everything more responsive.

Easy Day

It was an easy day today being that the clawbot was fully built and its arm was now fully functional and able to complete what it had to do. We went over its functions a few more times and decided to let the little guy rest after some inspection to the body. Here's pictures.

Tightening Up

Just another day at the office today with bringing together all the necessary parts along with continually speculating and experimenting with our design. The arm itself appears to present a bit more of a challenge than just a square chassis but, knowledge and tenacity, as I was told at one point, solve everything. All we have to do here is keep working from the bottom up.

Redistributing The Weight

Today we began a new build that involved restructuring the previous squarebot chassis to make room for an arm. We're in the process of trying out new designs and relocating some of the features to make a very efficient and functional new body for our robot. The current progress we have is a little bare-bones, but, all in good time.