Post #16

Goals Accomplished:

• We managed to separate 2 red bins worth of nuts and screws
• We connected enough screws and nuts to file up 1 green bin

This week was very productive, for we managed to organize over two bins worth of screws and nuts. Although it wasn't the most exciting thing, it saved us tons of time when we began to assembly our robot during class. We are very excited for next week as we continue to build our robot.

Post #15

Goals for this Week:

• Separate the vex screws and nuts
• Organize the vex screws and nuts into separate bins
• Set aside any odd findings

Since we have finally finished assembling our robot on Solidworks, we can finally get to the physical labor. In order to make our work load easier, we are going to separate the vex screws and nuts into different piles. This in turn will make locating necessary components for the robot easier to find.

Post #14

Goals Accomplished:

• Connected the canopy to the base assembly
• Finished all our mates, although we weren't all fixed mates
• Everything was positioned correctly

Today I continued to work on our Vex Robot on SolidWorks. I finally got everything in the correct position's and managed to mate them together. We still are having a bit of an issue of making the mates stay in place along with the parts. We shall continue to work on this and see if we can get some progress done.

Post #13

Goals for this week :

• Finish the Re-Modeled version of the robot
• Make sure all the mates are in tact
• Connect the base model with the Canopy

Today we continued to work on our SolidWorks Robot. We decided it would be a good idea to start over and get some parts and other area's mated correctly so the Robot is not able to move around as we click and drag certain area's. Along with that we also managed to get the canopy together and mate it to the top of our Robot.

Post #12

Goals Accomplished:

• Finished the basic structure of the squarebot
• Finished the canopy
• Began putting on the wheels

At the conclusion of this exhausting week, we managed to re-assembly the basic structure of the squarebot. We realized that having multiple mates on a single part is what made our last squarebot so dysfunctional. Surprisingly, we were able to finish the basis of the robot in one week, compared to the 2 weeks it took us before.

Post #11

Goals for this week

• Re-design the robot so all the components are locked into place
• Re-do the mates so the robot parts are not over defined
• Re-place the parts so they don't move when one piece is touched.

Today we were pretty glad to be able to be finished with our Solid works Square Bot. We spent most of the class period taking care of our blog and updating and adding certain aspects that were needed or that needed to be changed. When we were playing around with our robot, we realized that many of the mates were off. Although our robot was finished and looked okay physically, beneath the surface, many of the mates were constructed poorly.

Post #10

Goals Accomplished:

• Finished building the base assembly
• Finished building the canopy
• Finished the wire assembly

Today we put all the finishing touches on the Solid-Works Bot base assembly, but we couldn't connect the finished canopy to the bot. We managed to complete most of our goals for this week except for mastering how to code for the robot. Even though we had a difficult time putting together the whole thing, it was a fun process. 

Post #9

The Goals For This Week Are:

• Finish the Chassis Subassembly and connect it to he Canopy Assembly on Solid works. 
• Begin to complete the Wire Assembly for the Robot
• By Feb. 9, we aim to complete the Robot on Solid works
• Begin to master the coding for Robot C

So far, we have overcome an obstacle that was hindering our progress. Since we haven't used Solid works in a while, we got off to a rocky start. However, we are picking up the pace and making up for lost time.