Friday, September 26, 2014

Week 6 Accomplishments

This week we participated in the tug of war challenge and won. We had an in depth discussion about our robot what worked and what didn't work, and stealing.We also talked about our teamwork, how we assigned task and what we would like to change for next time.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Week 6 Goals

This week was the culmination of all our hard work. We hoped to do  our best during the Tug of War Challenge and that's what we did. We ended up getting first place in the challenge.

Friday, September 19, 2014

Week 5 Accomplishments

This week we modified our robot by adding more weight. We also continued to update our blog and do some test runs on the mat against other robots.

Monday, September 15, 2014

3-D Printed Logo FAIL!!!!

We wanted to print a logo for our group to put on the front of the robot. It is supposed to look like the one in the Week 4 accomplishments but the printer messed it up. We are going to redo the logo without the balls in between the squares.


1st try with rafts and supports


2nd and 3rd try without rafts or supports.


Week 5 Goals

This week our goals are to destroy every robot in the tug of war challenge.
Our group would like to reprogram robot so it goes the right way.
Re-print the Rebel Robotics logo.

Friday, September 12, 2014

Week 4 Accomplishments

So this week we totally focused on making adjustments that would make our robot better such as trying to add more weight. We made the solidworks design of our team logo and continued updating the blog.
Above:  Rendered Rebel Robotics Logo

Our logo in the process of printing on the MakerBot

Monday, September 8, 2014

Week 4 Goals

So this week we hope to continue modifying by adding things such as apparatuses to stop our robot from being pulled over the line adding and participating in tug-of-war matches. We also hope to continue updating our blog and 3D print our teams logo.

Will thinking hard about the adjustment we should make this week.

Will working on tightening collars and adjusting gear spacing.