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Week 5

2/16/2016

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Week 5: Reveiw
Engineering- We finished strengthening our frame, and we discussed how to make the control panel. We built the control panel and attached the shooting mechanism, we also built a prototype opening mechanism for the Sally Door and drawbridge
Business- Turned in Entrepreneurship Award Submittion.
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Week 4

2/16/2016

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Week 4- Update
Engineering- Prototyping new ball design systems, and more efficant wants to get the ball. We finished up our design and our ready to start fabricating from metal. We also cut our drive base down and 3-D printed some proxies for the robot.
Programming- Wrote new tank drive and worked on vision tracking
Business- Turned in chairman essay! Finishing up business plan.
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Week 3 Update

2/16/2016

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Week 3 Build Season Update
Engineering- This week was very productive, we fully planned out how to put together the robot frame. We attached the pneumatic wheels but discovered we need to make a larger shaft and 3-D print a price for the middle wheel. So we made a 4 wheel tank to try defenses, we spent Saturday with team 16 bomb squad and they taught us how to make our shaft longer as well as have advice on our overall robot. We learned more about pnuematics and worked on prototyping a shooting mechanism.
Proggramming- Learned Vision Tracking and wrote basic tank code.
Outreach: Virtual Mentored team in Australia, and scheduled a robot classes at another local school.
Business: Finished Executive summary, worked on chairman main essay, and started business plan
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Week 2 Update

2/16/2016

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Week 2 Update-
Engineering Team- We started CADing the robot design, and building our catapault prototype. We also starting assembly of the drivetrain.
Programming Team- worked on teaching new members code and understanding vision tracking.
Outreach- 4 of the FLL teams we mentor competed at the Arkansas FLL State Championship, on Friday and Saturday.
Business Team- Worked on chairman essay. We also have a fundraiser planned for Monday at Smash Burger
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Week 1 update

1/19/2016

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eek 1 Review Engineering Team- We organized our work space, and staring discussing strategy. We attended Kick-off in Searcy and attended classes to learn more about programming and building. We also got to see field elements. We then helped organize a local get together for FRC teams in our area, We met with R.I.G.S, Solid Rock, Gear Hogs, and Aphosis and discussed game rules and strategies. We finished our ball grabbing prototype and finalized on our team strategy. Programming Team- Set up software and taught basics of programming to the new members of the team Social Networking Team- Updated our online presence and finalized on our team standard design. We also starting discussing how to update our website. Outreach- We conducted FLL Meetings on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. To help get the 4 team we mentor prepared for the state competition next week. We also reached out to some groups about teaching robot classes.
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