Thursday, April 9, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Christopher Pixley:
I am 18 and a senior at Benson high school and my major is electric. I plan to pursue electrical engineering at Oregon
State University. I was introduced to FTC in my sophomore year at Benson by Jeff Mcbride and John Delacy.
My friends decided it would be nice to participate in this activity and I followed them into it.
Kyla Overbay:
I am 15 and a sophomore at Benson high school, in Health Occupations. Though I plan to pursue a health career I enjoy working in FTC.
I was introduced earlier this year in 2008 by my friend Nolan. I am interested in robotics because I have many friends in
robotics and I like to learn new things.
Jessica Anderson:
I'm 14!!! Woo! I'm a freshman at Benson High School, in HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America). I plan to be a vet BUT I think FTC is awesome! This is my first year in robotics and I, personally, think it's great. I joined because Nolan said he needed help and Penelope said it was fun. Kyla also said it was fun, so I decided to join. I like robotics because I like to build, although programming is very confusing and not my type, and the kids in robotics are hilarious. I plan on using this experience to make a robot that will do my chores when I am older. Robotics is not well known at Benson by the students and I am glad to be a part of the team!!!!
Terry:
I am 17 years old and a junior at Benson High School and majoring in Computer Electronics Technology. I plan to pursue a career in computers. I was introduced to FTC my Freshman year at Benson by Jeff Mcbride and John Delacy, and a friend of mine told me about it and I thought it would be fun to do and that I would be able to drive a robot around. My experience with FTC was on Benson Team 267 and our robot Ankle Biter that was very successful with scoring the low goal of the last two years.
I am 18 and a senior at Benson high school and my major is electric. I plan to pursue electrical engineering at Oregon
State University. I was introduced to FTC in my sophomore year at Benson by Jeff Mcbride and John Delacy.
My friends decided it would be nice to participate in this activity and I followed them into it.
Kyla Overbay:
I am 15 and a sophomore at Benson high school, in Health Occupations. Though I plan to pursue a health career I enjoy working in FTC.
I was introduced earlier this year in 2008 by my friend Nolan. I am interested in robotics because I have many friends in
robotics and I like to learn new things.
Jessica Anderson:
I'm 14!!! Woo! I'm a freshman at Benson High School, in HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America). I plan to be a vet BUT I think FTC is awesome! This is my first year in robotics and I, personally, think it's great. I joined because Nolan said he needed help and Penelope said it was fun. Kyla also said it was fun, so I decided to join. I like robotics because I like to build, although programming is very confusing and not my type, and the kids in robotics are hilarious. I plan on using this experience to make a robot that will do my chores when I am older. Robotics is not well known at Benson by the students and I am glad to be a part of the team!!!!
Terry:
I am 17 years old and a junior at Benson High School and majoring in Computer Electronics Technology. I plan to pursue a career in computers. I was introduced to FTC my Freshman year at Benson by Jeff Mcbride and John Delacy, and a friend of mine told me about it and I thought it would be fun to do and that I would be able to drive a robot around. My experience with FTC was on Benson Team 267 and our robot Ankle Biter that was very successful with scoring the low goal of the last two years.
Attendance:
2-20-09
Jessica
Chris Pixley
Kyla Overbay
Terry
Agenda:
1.Make #'s
2.Bios
3.Mug Shots
Comments:
Jessica: Today I finished designing the numbers, and mow they are incredibly pretty. Kyla also helped design the numbers.
I drilled the holes in the numbers so we could attach them. I helped Kyla attach the numbers. I wrote my incredible biography (which happened to be longer than everyone elses).
I also watch Chris help the 187 team with something. I learned what a rivet is!!!!
Chris:I got the Bom started and the blog entry for the last time put on. Helped the 187 team with bending polycarbonate.
Kyla:I helped Jessica by coloring the numbers. I marked the holes so Jessica could drill them and watched her do that. I also wrote my biography (which happens to be AMAZING,
WAY better the Jessica's), recorded the number of pieces and beat up on Chris a lot.
Terry:
2-20-09
Jessica
Chris Pixley
Kyla Overbay
Terry
Agenda:
1.Make #'s
2.Bios
3.Mug Shots
Comments:
Jessica: Today I finished designing the numbers, and mow they are incredibly pretty. Kyla also helped design the numbers.
I drilled the holes in the numbers so we could attach them. I helped Kyla attach the numbers. I wrote my incredible biography (which happened to be longer than everyone elses).
I also watch Chris help the 187 team with something. I learned what a rivet is!!!!
Chris:I got the Bom started and the blog entry for the last time put on. Helped the 187 team with bending polycarbonate.
Kyla:I helped Jessica by coloring the numbers. I marked the holes so Jessica could drill them and watched her do that. I also wrote my biography (which happens to be AMAZING,
WAY better the Jessica's), recorded the number of pieces and beat up on Chris a lot.
Terry:
Friday 2/13/09
Attendance:
Christopher Pixley
Ben Pixley
Terry
Jessica
Agenda:
1.Finish arm
2.Work on the manual bucket control
3.Horizontal bucket program
4.T-shirts
5.Add weight to the front of the bot
Comments:
Christopher: I added a small amount of code that defines what happens when button four is pressed, this sets the right servo to 255
therefore lading the program to the max servo position and allows for the dumping of the pucks. This takes presidency over the
function that sets the bucket to be parallel to the floor by taking account of the bucket position.
Terry:
i put on more weight to the bumper
Rebuilt the arm and tried the new programing, the motor started to smoke and the arm would fall down instead of coming down slowly.
Attendance:
Christopher Pixley
Ben Pixley
Terry
Jessica
Agenda:
1.Finish arm
2.Work on the manual bucket control
3.Horizontal bucket program
4.T-shirts
5.Add weight to the front of the bot
Comments:
Christopher: I added a small amount of code that defines what happens when button four is pressed, this sets the right servo to 255
therefore lading the program to the max servo position and allows for the dumping of the pucks. This takes presidency over the
function that sets the bucket to be parallel to the floor by taking account of the bucket position.
Terry:
i put on more weight to the bumper
Rebuilt the arm and tried the new programing, the motor started to smoke and the arm would fall down instead of coming down slowly.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Attendance: 2/06/09
*Christopher Pixley
Jessica
Kyla
Ben Pixley
Agenda:
*Make a better bucket model
Member comments/input:
*Chris: With the newly designed bucket model I managed to shape sheet metal into the form of
the bucket we wanted and drilled the holes needed to secure the bucket into the arm mechanism. This worked out well and the bucket is in just the right place we want it to be in.
*Christopher Pixley
Jessica
Kyla
Ben Pixley
Agenda:
*Make a better bucket model
Member comments/input:
*Chris: With the newly designed bucket model I managed to shape sheet metal into the form of
the bucket we wanted and drilled the holes needed to secure the bucket into the arm mechanism. This worked out well and the bucket is in just the right place we want it to be in.
Friday 1/30/09
Attendance:
Jessica
Terry
Chris
Agenda:
1. Make a limit switch for the arm to prevent it from cranking down on the wheel.
2. Get the bucket servos working.
3. Move the battery
4. Make the bucket
Comments:
Chris: I managed to get the touch sensor mounted with Jessica's help. Then I got the touch sensor into the programing, what I wrote will
prevent the arm from cranking down on the wheel but still allow the arm to come back up. Then I got the servos into the program.
Jessica:
Terry:
Attendance:
Jessica
Terry
Chris
Agenda:
1. Make a limit switch for the arm to prevent it from cranking down on the wheel.
2. Get the bucket servos working.
3. Move the battery
4. Make the bucket
Comments:
Chris: I managed to get the touch sensor mounted with Jessica's help. Then I got the touch sensor into the programing, what I wrote will
prevent the arm from cranking down on the wheel but still allow the arm to come back up. Then I got the servos into the program.
Jessica:
Terry:
Friday, January 23, 2009
This was from the scrimmage on January 17-18.
Attendance:
*Jessica
Agenda:
*Work on robot
Member comments/input:
*Saturday:
I attached the arm to the robot. The screws were on wrong on the servo bracket. They were to short, so we needed to replace them with longer screws. They held the servo bracket to the arm.
From testing the robot out, we need to drive the robot up the ramp backwards so that the motors propel the robot forward. We were going to attach the gears and motor to the arm so it can move. We couldn't figure out how to attach the tube so we switched to an axle. Then we had some problems with the size of the gear. We used the larger ones. But even after we set it all up, it STILL wouldn't move.
Sunday:
Once we had the arm working we had some problems with it. It would slam down. We experimented a couple times and it finally vanished. But we couldn't get up the ramp because there was too much weight. I put the battery in the front/back and it WORKED!!!
Attendance:
*Jessica
Agenda:
*Work on robot
Member comments/input:
*Saturday:
I attached the arm to the robot. The screws were on wrong on the servo bracket. They were to short, so we needed to replace them with longer screws. They held the servo bracket to the arm.
From testing the robot out, we need to drive the robot up the ramp backwards so that the motors propel the robot forward. We were going to attach the gears and motor to the arm so it can move. We couldn't figure out how to attach the tube so we switched to an axle. Then we had some problems with the size of the gear. We used the larger ones. But even after we set it all up, it STILL wouldn't move.
Sunday:Once we had the arm working we had some problems with it. It would slam down. We experimented a couple times and it finally vanished. But we couldn't get up the ramp because there was too much weight. I put the battery in the front/back and it WORKED!!!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Attendance: 1-9-09
*
Nolan Dedrickson
Chris Pixley
Ben Pixley
Travis Smith
Kyler
Kyla Overbay
Jessica
Keegan
Agenda:
*Find out what drive system we want.
Member comments/input:
*Christopher Pixley: I managed to go through with Jeff McBride an learn
basic programming for robot c and will be able to get the motors and sensors
wired up next meeting
A new design for the manipulator. Drawn by Ben Pixley.
A design drawn by Ben Pixley for the bot.
*
Nolan Dedrickson
Chris Pixley
Ben Pixley
Travis Smith
Kyler
Kyla Overbay
Jessica
Keegan
Agenda:
*Find out what drive system we want.
Member comments/input:
*Christopher Pixley: I managed to go through with Jeff McBride an learn
basic programming for robot c and will be able to get the motors and sensors
wired up next meeting
A new design for the manipulator. Drawn by Ben Pixley.
A design drawn by Ben Pixley for the bot.
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