Battle Blog Archive

5/9/2022

Finals Week! While we are excited that the project is finally over and graduation is next week (SAY WHAT?!?!) there are still some loose ends to tie up which is what we will be working on this upcoming week. 

Goals for This Week:

  1. Finish Website
  2. Present final product
  3. Have team dinner
  4. Cry

Goals Status:

  1. IN PROGRESS – Organization of Enginyte website.
  2. IN PROGRESS– Creation of certain tabs on Enginyte website.
  3. IN PROGRESS – Preparation for final presentation.
  4. ACCOMPLISHED – Posters have been created and are ready to present.

5/2/2022

Last week of classes! Let’s wrap up our project and get ready to pass it onto future design groups and/or clubs.

Goals for This Week:

  1. Finish creating posters for the final presentation.
  2. Have last class at CHT!

Goals Status:

  1. IN PROGRESS – Posters should be finished by the end of the week.
  2. IN PROGRESS – Website updates need to be done next week, but they are second priority to posters.
  3. ACCOMPLISHED – Evaluation of competition has been completed.

4/25/2022

We finally competed our battle bot in the NHRL! Even though the results were not what we had hoped for, we are still extremely proud of what we have accomplished.

Goals for This Week:

  1. Analyze how our combat bot competed and what went wrong.
  2. Start thinking about final deliverables.

Goals Status:

  1. IN PROGRESS – “What happened?” report.
  2. IN PROGRESS – Final Deliverables
  3. ACCOMPLISHED – Completed our battle bot!

3/28/2022-4/18/2022

Same as below!

3/21/2022

While our battle bot is battle ready, we have determined that there are many iterations we would like to accomplish before feeling comfortable enough to compete. Instead of competing this weekend, we will actually compete in April.

Goals for This Week:

  1. Fix Coding Errors
  2. Reiterate physical bot to be more durable

3/14/2022

Spring Break!!

Goals for This Week:

  1. Get tan
  2. Relax

Goals Status:

  1. ACCOMPLISHED – Got tan and relaxed.

3/7/2022

It’s assembly week! (Get excited)

Goals for This Week:

  1. Assemble physical bot
  2. Prototype Code
  3. Prototype Physical Model

Goals Status:

  1. IN PROGRESS – While coding and physical model have been completed, we still need to prototype both to assure that the bot is working properly and ready to compete.
  2. ACCOMPLISHED – Assembly has been completed!

2/28/2022

Our efforts are beginning to pay off. This week we are moving down to the shop and accumulating all bought and manufactured items to start assembly next week.

Goals for This Week:

  1. Prototype gearbox
  2. Prototype mobility system (within the next two weeks)

Goals Status:

    1. IN PROGRESS – Prototyping mobility system and gear box
    2. IN PROGRESS – All designed parts are being manufactured
    3. ACCOMPLISHED– CAD model has been completed!

 

 

2/21/2022

We are working towards finalizing our design and ensuring that we will have a robot at the competition in March. Each subsystem requires a lot of research and effort, but we are confident that our efforts will not be in vain.

Goals for This Week:

  1. Design a gearbox
  2. Prototype mobility system (within the next two weeks)
  3. Complete deliverable
  4. Manufacture sub-frame and spinner
  5. Continue iterating the CAD model to include a spline and a pulley

Goals Status:

  1. IN PROGRESS – Calculations have been made, but physical designing is proving to be a slight issue. It’s a learning curve and a work in progress!
  2. IN PROGRESS – We have constructed several of the internal parts and systems, but some assembly is required!
  3. ACCOMPLISHED – Deliverable was completed and submitted before its due date 
  4. ACCOMPLISHED – The aluminum subframe and steel spinner have been acquired and manufactured according to our specifications
  5. IN PROGRESS – A lot of research is involved in designing both a spline and a pulley, but that research is underway

2/14/2022

As our competition date approaches, we are working towards prototyping the physical systems of our robot, but we also must ensure that we are meeting all required standards for the senior capstone course, the NHRL, and all the other goals that we have established for ourselves.

Goals for This Week:

  1. Electronics and controls prototyping
  2. Continue gearbox selection
  3. Continue efforts on upcoming deliverable
  4. Research materials and mechanical parts
  5. Dive deeper into community outreach

Goals Status:

  1. ACCOMPLISHED – We have a working prototype of the controls system! We can’t wait to see where it goes next!
  2. ACCOMPLISHED – Our gear ratio calculations indicated that constructing a gearbox would be a better use of time and resources than purchasing one, so we are changing gears on that one
  3. IN PROGRESS – Deliverable is a work in progress
  4. ACCOMPLISHED – Several materials and parts were purchased including the aluminum sub-framing
  5. IN PROGRESS – We have been in contact with outreach organizations, and we should be able to present our project once we have the materials to do so 

2/7/2022

Our goal for this week is to do as much ordering as possible. We are planning on submitting a deposit for the March competition, so we need to get our robot built. We also need to figure out the wiring and electronics. In addition, there is other progress being made on functional requirements for motors, the website, the CAD model and more.

Goals for This Week:

  1. Figure out a battery charger and wiring/ additional electronics so we can wire our system
  2. CAD part dimensions & inside of the robot
  3. Research gears and figure out which will be the best to implement
  4. Start working on a safety plan
  5. 5 minute update on Monday
  6. Working on objectives and constraints for the subsystems (upcoming deliverable)

Goals Status:

  1. IN PROGRESS – Calculations have been made for a charger and wires, we are in the final process of selection
  2. IN PROGRESS – As we select more internal components, the interior of our robot continues to evolve
  3. IN PROGRESS – Gear ratio calculations are in progress
  4. ACCOMPLISHED – An electrical system safety plan was submitted and approved!
  5. ACCOMPLISHED – 5 minute update was successfully presented!
  6. IN PROGRESS – Outlined exact requirements for deliverable and have begun making progress 

1/31/2022

As we inch closer to the competition in March, we are now shifting gears from imagining and conceptualizing a battle bot to actually building one! In order to do this, we must finalize the constraints and objectives of our subsystems’ components and begin the prototyping phase relatively soon.

Goals for This Week:

  1. Make a list of parts we must order ASAP.
  2. Order the list of parts.
  3. Create a safety plan for prototyping and construction.
  4. Gain approval of the safety plan from Professor Sabatino.
  5. Get help from Professor Brown/ Professor Utter for the electronics system.
  6. Create a list of constraints and objectives for every component of the battle bot.

Goals Status:

  1. IN PROGRESS – List of parts is almost complete.
  2. IN PROGRESS – Have to finish 1 before we can finish 2.
  3. ACCOMPLISHED – Safety plan has been created.
  4. IN PROGRESS – Please let us start prototyping Professor Sabatino!
  5. ACCOMPLISHED – Professor Brown has given us a lot to think about in terms of electronics. Word on the street is that it will not be as hard as the control’s class project three (yay!).
  6. IN PROGRESS – We are about halfway through completing the list of constraints and objectives.

1/24/2022

This week is the first week after break. We planned to hit the ground running and get started because we have about only 3 months to go from where we are now, to a full blown 30-pound combat robot!

Goals planned for this week:

  1. Share everything that everyone did over winter break
  2. Contact Professor Brown/Professor Utter or another professor to help us with electronics design, implementation, and prototyping
  3. Contact a lab technician to help us with questions concerning times we can build, what materials we have and have to order etc.
  4. Contact Professor Sabitino for Safety Plan help and confirmation
  5. Make a list of the parts we must order ASAP
  6. Order said list of parts (motors, transmitter/receiver, metal, Arduinos etc.)

Goals status:

  1. ACCOMPLISHED – We shared what we did over break 1/26
  2. ACCOMPLISHED – We met with Professor Brown on Thursday 1/27
  3. ACCOMPLISHED – We met with a lab technician and talked about materials and design constraints
  4. IN PROGRESS – We are looking to contact Professor Sabitino soon
  5. IN PROGRESS – We have not made a total list of parts to order yet
  6. IN PROGRESS – We need to order there parts early next week!