After a short hiatus to concentrate on the start of the school year, the Robobraves got back to work on 9/14 finishing off the punchlist items, tidying things up, and declaring Kwelaha (which is "Hope" in Lenape) mechanically complete. After initial testing before the short hiatus, the decision was made to remove a stabilizing/connecting bar (this piece) from the underside of the accumulator. This will allow for our bottom polycarbonate sheet edge to flex more freely, allowing for both balls and barrels to be collected in multiple orientations with equal proficiency. Other than that one minor tweak, the design as previously discussed here looks to be very solid and we're thrilled at the results of our initial testing with a "complete" robot. Here's a short set of video clips from our testing:
From here we will be concentrating on autonomous strategy and programming, driver practice, and competition readiness. The team is pretty excited to see it coming together and so am I.
Until next week,
Kressly
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