Team News
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9-20-08: Kettering Kick off- We did great, probably our best showing yet. We managed to rank 4th place out of 42 teams
which allowed us to proceed into the finals. In the finals we tied the first round, lost by just a few points in the second
and lost by two in the third round. Our drivers did a great job and the whole team was wonderful. The experience did
wonders for the team and gives us a great start of for the 2009 season.
9-13-08: We set up a display at a local car dealerships grand opening. Displayed Lego's and FRC robots.
9-4-08: Troy worked on the claw with a different design.
8-28-08: Eric and Joe made a drawing of a mecanum wheel that we can build for our test drive.
8-14-08: We will be starting meetings on Thursday September 4, 2008 to get ready for the Kettering Kick off. We also need to talk about recruiting more members and finding new sponsors for parts.
8-13-08: Joe worked on the hand. Still has issues to resolve. The finger don't move evenly.
8-13-08: Field elements for the Lego field are here. Next Wednesday at 7 pm we will have a Lego meeting to start assembly.
8-13-08: Joe and Troy worked on the hand project. Cut the fingers and the pulleys for the knuckles.
8-08-08: Her is a drawing to help understand the suspension
8-04-08: Worked on the 2009 drive drawings
8-04-08: Check out some of the drawings for the 2009 drive system at TECH TIPS, Ideas underdevelopment
7-30-08: Eric and Joe worked on the 2009 drive system. A 6 wheel drive omni bot. Because of the gear set up you will not have to worry about it turning as you drive straight. The motor will be going the same direction making it track straight. This system will also have a suspension.
7-29-08: Troy showed up for a meeting and we worked on a robotic hand idea. Joe made a working model of a hand and used that to design from. We hope to make two and attach them to arms on an old robot that we can control with our own hands and arms. An ezztension of our own hands.
6-17-08: The Lego students met with J. R. Kirtech the weather man from WJRT TV12 to discuss the weather and climate change.
6-14-08: Car Wash was a great success, washed allot of cars, and received some good donations. We also had some grate tacos donated from Taco Bell. Check out the pictures at car wash . Check out this video
6-11-08: Prep meeting for this weekends car wash, only Joe and Troy showed up. We made a couple
of signs, we were hoping some one with a artistic ability would have showed up. We also rewired the
old omni robot.
5-25-08: Buggy Fun from this weekend
5-19-08: New control system for 2009. CLICK IMAGE FOR LINK
5-16-08: Video of robot claw working automatic. http://www.team1322.org/video.htm
5-13-08: Programmed the robot IR sensor and the claw to operate. Programmed the old omni robot to work again in all directions. We will be practicing driving it, the 2009 robot will use the same drive program.
5-11-08: Installed IR sensor for detecting the ball when its in position to grab.
5-02-08: We are thinking about entering a float in the 4th of July to bring in some new members. If any body is interested in helping please contact us through our contact page. We will need a truck to pull the trailer.
5-01-08: Connected a solenoid to the arm lift pneumatic so we can stop it at mid position. We are having trouble with the radio so we set up the old omni drive robot to check out if its the radio or programming. Also the students can get use to omni drive for the up coming 2009 season. Troy hung Ryan's shoe in a tree. Troy snagged Giggles shoe and gave it to Ryan and the chase was on. After 10 minute of running we got back to working on the robot.
4-18-08: We want to congratulate Troy for winning the Kettering University scholarship. This is a very large scholarship for him and will help him go a long way at Kettering University. With his proven ability with our team and his common sense knowledge he has a great chance of becoming very successful with his goals in life.