Semana Nova

Our biggest goal for the moment:

• Finish Squarebot!

We're working towards this goal as fast as possible. Our skills with SolidWorks are limited, and I think our lagging behind isn't due to lazing off, but that we haven't built up speed in using SolidWorks. It isn't easy to work when you're sick either, as is my case. This week we are once again tentatively hopeful...

Screenshot of the SolidWorks website, which we might need to look back on for tips

Less Excitement, More Panic

My earlier estimate seems to have been....off, to say the least. I'm not sure we'll be able to finish in time. Frankly, I'm a little nervous, but also resigned. If we get an F, I'll be consoled by the fact that we worked hard the entire time and did our best. There is nothing much we can do at this point except keep working and hope for a miracle.

2/3 of the group working, because I am writing this post

What we have so far; includes the bottom photo

(Also, did anyone notice this post's title references the one for Monday, January 12?)

This Week for Sure

We are very close to finishing! Our only goal so far this week is to be finally (FINALLY) done with the Solidworks Squarebot. I can't tell you how glad I'll be when this part is over. This turned out to be more arsenic than cake, it seems. And of course, hardly anyone will get my reference. Siigh. That's what the life of a person without cable is like: constantly watching old movies and shows nobody cares about anymore.

The amount of parts we have is a little excessive...

Squarebot...

Once again the weeks come to an end. The assembly has proved to be harder than expected and finding some of the parts was even harder. We did find all of the parts needed in the assembly and finished a good 70% of the squarebot. We expect to have it completed 2/2/15.

Still Working on it...

The goal for this week is to finish building the infamous squarebot and attempt to not be the last team to do it. So far we're behind, but with a little time we can make exponential progress. So far this what we have.

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Getting our blogs up to date by this week.

Tedious Task

It's the end of our third week and we've luckily been able to keep up and continue progressing towards creating the square bot in Solidworks. Although proving to be a tedious task we've started to isolate the parts needed to begin it's creation in Solidworks. Hopefully we'll manage to have it ready by the very least next Tuesday.

Some of the Solidworks parts we will be using

Arsenic Cake?

The goals for this week are to:

• Finish learning the necessary information for the robot
• Begin work on the Solidsworks square-bot

It looks like next week we'll be able to start taking apart some robots. It might be a little tedious but the learning experience will be priceless. Building the square-bot in Solidsworks could end up being easy, though. I do believe that their is a step-by-step guide available somewhere. Will this week be a piece of cake? Or will it be laced with arsenic? Only time can tell.

A VEX robot similar to what we are building, to give an idea of what the completed one will look like.