Mechanical & CAD

Refining our prototypes was our biggest focus this week. After finishing our intake system from last week, we looked into how to integrate and mount it on our chassis. We drew inspiration from WCP’s robot and its rotating intake! Our shooter went through multiple rounds of modification as we designed both a rotating shooter and double-barrel shooter. We also revised our original prototype from last week, changing wheel diameter, spacing, and shaft placement to improve consistency.

As for our field, we began working on the bump and almost finished building the hub. We have also made progress on our robot cart! With Joel’s guidance, we have completely finished the bottom deck with wheels and researched handle types.

Programming

After last week’s completion and implementation of swerve onto our new robot, we focused primarily on Photonvision this week. We calibrated our new camera, and started thinking about an automatic hub-based rotation system using April tags, designed to aid our shooting accuracy. We also made some important fixes, such as fixing deprecations in our logging and vision scripts, and verifying the health of our robot batteries for competition.

Business & Media

With most of the team focused on mechanical and programming work, our business sub team stayed active as well! This week, we centered on funding and branding. We worked on grant applications and submitted three. We also began designing our T-shirts for this year!