Team Neutrino was excited to work on the basic frames for the practice and competition robots this week. Another major goal for us this week was to wire the robot and secure all of the electrical components onto the frame. The deadline for the chairmen’s submission is quickly approaching; we are continuing to make progress on the essay, four collages, and the video.
Build Season Week 3
This week we made significant progress on our robot.
The pieces of the drive train frame were machined, deburred, and assembled. The butterfly modules were put together nicely, and will soon be put onto the frame. Sadly, we had to disassemble last year’s robot so we could reuse the more expensive components on this year’s robot. The programming team started working on the basic programs for the drive train and the shooting mechanism. One of the members also finished the outline for the Chairmen’s paper, and gathered the items that we will include in the final paper.
Iowa State FLL Championship Outreach
Thanks to ISEK, Team Neutrino was able to have an outreach booth during this year’s FLL Championship at ISU. This event was very successful for us. We were almost constantly giving mini presentations to FLL teams and the general public who decided to stop by and see what Team Neutrino was. The kids really enjoyed being able to catch the frisbees that were shot by last year’s robot, and also had the chance to see what comes next after FLL.
Congratulations to all of the FLL teams that made it to state!
Build Season Week 2
Our second week in the shop was very productive. We finalized our design, and began CADD and prototyping. Last week’s prototype was mainly to see if the overall idea of a slingshot and pickup would work. This week, the goal of our prototype was to match the dimensions of the CADD and test them. For the last two weeks, the parent mentors as well as some student members and mentors built and assembled the goals. These will be essential later for driver practice!
Build Season Week 1
We had a great first week in the lab!
During kickoff, we started brainstorming by figuring out which strategies would score the most points. Then, on the next Monday, we brainstormed shooter designs, and came up with a catapult and a slingshot idea. We also thought of several pickup ideas, which we also started prototyping, thanks to our access to Boyd lab at ISU. We built working wooden models of two of our shooter ideas, and a pickup idea that we can modify.