Robot Work!

Goals:

• Continue working on the robot

If all goes according to plan, then by the end of this week we will have the basic structure done! This is exciting! We work well (if not a bit slowly) as a team. I consider myself lucky to be part of this team.

 Sammyr, happily working

Week Recap: Organization

Accomplished this week:

• Finished our organizing of the nuts and screws
• Began working on the actual robot!

Here is where the real work begins! It'll be a challenge, of that I'm certain. Still, there isn't anything we can't do if we do our best and work hard. But let's see how next week goes...

A peek into our messy toolbox

Organizing?

Goals for this week:

• Do whatever organizational tasks Mr. Martin has for us

That seems to include sorting and putting things together. It might be easy and a bit monotonous. Still, any work is better than no work at all. And do we really want to do hard work? I don't, at least, so these small jobs are looking better and better by the minute. 

A photo of what our work entails

WE ARE DONE~!

Accomplished:

• Finished the Solidworks Robot

Woohoo! I'm so glad we are done! This is amazing :D We all worked really hard. It turned out that we had been building a more complicated version of the robot the entire time... at least now we know why we were so behind. Hopefully next week will not be as frustrating as these past weeks.

The finished product! 

Well...

Goal for this week:

• FINISH THE YOU-KNOW-WHAT.
• It will remain nameless, because I am frustrated.

Extra thoughts:

UGH. Ugh. UUUUUGH. We need to finish this! What will become of us if we don't?! And we have been doing our best the entire time but can't complete it! What is wrong with us?? Ugh. UGHHHH. I am understandably annoyed and terrified, as you can see.

About where we are, currently.
(Also known as "UGH.png")

WHOOP WHOOP

Please ignore the title, it is irrelevant.

Accomplished this week:

• progress on the solidworks robot

I am still very, very worried because at the time of writing this post, we have not finished. I am also frustrated. We have been working so hard, but are chugging along at a snail's pace! What in the world?! In what kind of logic-defying world have we been thrown?? Forgive me for the drama, it's Friday and I am weary of school already...

One of the pieces we will be using in the final assembly

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