Software
Software fully upgraded their codebase to use the newly released 2020 libraries, and they set up the color sensor to accurately detect (under a wide array of lighting conditions) the blue, yellow, red, and green colors used on the control panel. In parallel, they used E’s new test board to test the recently arrived Falcon motors and successfully read data from CANCoders. They also began testing their new odometry code to follow motion profiles using the robot’s absolute position on the field (rather than relative to its starting point), and they are still working on resolving angle offset issues.
Mechanical
Field
The field team was able to complete the Power Port and has now begun working on the human player station and the trench.
Robot
This year we completed our drivetrain in record time! Machining finished up the drive rails. Alongside these completed components, a laser cut belly pan from 254, and assembled swerve modules, we were able to complete the entire drivetrain in under six days.
Electrical
This week, electrical’s main project was completing the battery cart. They added the back panel and the casters, and they worked on finishing up the RGB indicators. In addition to the battery cart, they worked on creating a layout for the robot’s E plate and created a temporary test board which allowed software to test on the completed drivetrain.
Design
The design team, after discussing the potential layout for the bot, split up the subsystems between themselves and began CAD. The drivetrain CAD was finished within a day as well as prototypes for the spinner and intake. A semi-finalized version of the shooter followed and the design team began to concentrate its efforts on the hopper and indexer, which was prototyped both in CAD and in the lab before the design team decided on a vertical indexer. The intake was also finalized and is comprised of two rollers, one consisting of printed two-inch Mecanum wheels from 125 that help center the power cells. Some of the newer members of the design team also helped out by CADing some sensor mounts. Going into week two, the shooter, spinner, and drivetrain CADs are complete, the hopper and intake are works in progress, and the climbing strategy is still under discussion.
Strategy
Strategy set up the Tableau software to explore an effective means of combining qualitative and quantitative data, with Prakrit starting initial testing using data from our off-season events. They also developed a convenient spreadsheet for in-depth analysis of specific robots. Additionally, Chirag began creating the interface of the scouting app, brainstorming with the strategy team the necessary components required to measure performance in the 2020 challenge.
Software fully upgraded their codebase to use the newly released 2020 libraries, and they set up the color sensor to accurately detect (under a wide array of lighting conditions) the blue, yellow, red, and green colors used on the control panel. In parallel, they used E’s new test board to test the recently arrived Falcon motors and successfully read data from CANCoders. They also began testing their new odometry code to follow motion profiles using the robot’s absolute position on the field (rather than relative to its starting point), and they are still working on resolving angle offset issues.
Mechanical
Field
The field team was able to complete the Power Port and has now begun working on the human player station and the trench.
Robot
This year we completed our drivetrain in record time! Machining finished up the drive rails. Alongside these completed components, a laser cut belly pan from 254, and assembled swerve modules, we were able to complete the entire drivetrain in under six days.
Electrical
This week, electrical’s main project was completing the battery cart. They added the back panel and the casters, and they worked on finishing up the RGB indicators. In addition to the battery cart, they worked on creating a layout for the robot’s E plate and created a temporary test board which allowed software to test on the completed drivetrain.
Design
The design team, after discussing the potential layout for the bot, split up the subsystems between themselves and began CAD. The drivetrain CAD was finished within a day as well as prototypes for the spinner and intake. A semi-finalized version of the shooter followed and the design team began to concentrate its efforts on the hopper and indexer, which was prototyped both in CAD and in the lab before the design team decided on a vertical indexer. The intake was also finalized and is comprised of two rollers, one consisting of printed two-inch Mecanum wheels from 125 that help center the power cells. Some of the newer members of the design team also helped out by CADing some sensor mounts. Going into week two, the shooter, spinner, and drivetrain CADs are complete, the hopper and intake are works in progress, and the climbing strategy is still under discussion.
Strategy
Strategy set up the Tableau software to explore an effective means of combining qualitative and quantitative data, with Prakrit starting initial testing using data from our off-season events. They also developed a convenient spreadsheet for in-depth analysis of specific robots. Additionally, Chirag began creating the interface of the scouting app, brainstorming with the strategy team the necessary components required to measure performance in the 2020 challenge.
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