Friday

Feb. 13
Accomplishments
- Established goals: the
absolute minimum (make two
points, align via walls, no
sensors necessary)
- Brainstormed chassis ideas
- Decided to use Mindtribe
philosophy
Tasks
- Set up splitwise
- Set up google drop, google
calendar, wiki website
- Schedule and do PRL training

Feb. 20
Second Review: System
Diagram, Pre-Testing,
Calculations
Accomplishments
- Circuit diagram for shooter
control made
- Completed compilation of
materials for second review,
turned in
- Wheels finally arrive
Tasks
- Revisit Ace Hardware to buy
couplers and aluminum rod

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Feb. 14

Feb. 15

Feb. 16

Feb. 17

Feb. 18

Feb. 19

First Review:
In Class Presentation - We
Cleveland Rocked It

Accomplishments
- Designed pulley-system for
shooting wheel and ordered parts

Accomplishments
- Made a complete schedule
- Designed chassis after examining
past robots
- Decided on a one wheel-based
shooter to score
- Decided to use rack and pinion
as a door for the balls
- Made materials list
- New team name
Tasks
- Order wheels from McMaster
- Tweet
- General CAD drawings
- Detailed CAD drawing of chassis

Feb. 21
Accomplishments
- Built complete chassis
- Integrated electronics
- Used aluminum shells as axles
because we were unable to find
correct size aluminum rod
- Wheels did not fit exactly on rod
so used tape around axle to get
them to stay
- LeBot James drives for the first
time
Tasks
- Redesign and re-laser cut
chassis to include extra motor
mounts and more holes
- Buy shooter motor from
radioshack
- Buy solid aluminum and threaded
rod from Orchard Hardware Supply

Feb. 27

Feb. 28

Accomplishments
- Added a fuse to the main
power line after briefly shorting
power to ground
- Re-wired robot for better
connections and electrical
system
- Adjusted angle and speed of
shooter until Lebot could shoot
perfectly from up against the
back wall
- Tested LeBot. At a standstill,
he shot nine one point baskets
in two minutes

Accomplishments
- Perfected programming so LeBot
ends up in very close to the same
position no matter his starting
position (via timers)
- Made a better ramp from
cardboard
- Removed rubber bands from
wheels to minimize variation in
driving program
- Tested LeBot fully

Mar. 6

Mar. 7

Accomplishments
- Final adjustments to LeBot

Accomplishments
- Shopped for basic parts like
velcro, metal rods, nuts, screws,
and switches at Frys and Ace
Hardware
- Driving circuit diagram created

Accomplishments
- Made a complete powerpoint
- Decided to use ball casters as
front wheels
- CAD chassis and 3D layout
updated
- First chassis laser cut
- Met with coach
- Shopped at Michaels for hot
glue, foam, possible shooters
- Driving circuit built
- Bought motors and ball castors

Tasks
- Figure out what happened to
McMaster wheels and get them
re-shipped

Accomplishments
- Basic drive program made
- System diagram created
- Shooting wheel RPM
approximate calculation
program built

Tasks
- Schedule use of PRL room
Monday night

Feb. 22
Accomplishments
- Built and tested preliminary
shooter design, discovered one
wheel not powerful or consistent
enough
- Discovered cannot attach
shooting motor to axel via hot
glue, the motor spins so much it
melts the glue
- Discovered vibrations of the
shooting motor will be a problem
- Decided to use a two wheel
horizontal shooting system, either
with two moving wheels or one
moving wheel and one stationary
wheel

Feb. 23
Accomplishments
- Laser cut new motor holders
- Reassembled chassis
Tasks
- Laser cut shooting wheel base
- CAD extra shooting wheels

Tasks
- CAD design for one moving
wheel and one stationary wheel
base
- CAD design for new motor
holders
- Buy more motors from
radioshack
- Go to Tap Plastics to buy
shooting wheels

Mar. 1
Accomplishments
- Tested overall program several
times
- Checked off!
- Discussed robot revisions to
make LeBot shoot 3-pointers
instead of 1-pointers

Tasks
- LeBots front right shooting wheel
fell off - fix this

Mar. 8

Feb. 24

Feb. 25

Feb. 26

Third Review: Present wellworking drivetrain (because using

Mindtribe method) to coach and
TA for check-off

Accomplishments
- Cut solid aluminum rod for axles
- Reassembled chassis with new
solid aluminum rods, still used
tape and hammer to get wheels
on
- Tested driving with and without
rubber bands around the wheels,
decided to keep rubber bands for
now

Accomplishments
- Shooter speed control circuit
designed and wired
- First non-prototype iteration of
ramp made
- Driving program timers
adjusted so robot typically ends
up against the back wall in the
middle of the court
- Shooter assembled with one
free rolling wheel and one
moving wheel
- Shooter reassembled with two
moving wheels, and decision
made to keep this design
- LeBot James takes first his
first shot

Accomplishments
- Problems with wheel stability so
redesign and re-laser cut motor
holders to have screw holes for
motors
- Assembled and reassembled
chassis until it drove straight
- Redesigned shooting base to
have screw slots for better tilting
(instead of screw holes), have two
motors, and include duran tabs to
better support shooting motors
- Built electrical system for shooter
- Cut threaded aluminum rod for
shooter base
- Laser cut shooting wheels
- Successfully drove LeBot and
checked off

Tasks
- Buy weather foam to minimize
vibrations through robot caused by
shooter motors
- Buy more shooting motors from
Radioshack
- Laser cut new shooting base

Tasks
- Buy more couplers for shooter
base from Ace Hardware
- CAD new shooting base
- Laser cut duran tabs to better
support shooting motors

Mar. 2
Accomplishments
- Designed method to turn shooter.
Plan to use an old chassis board
turned, and attach the shooter to
this
Tasks
- Buy more couplers to raise
shooter slightly above robot back
so as not to interfere with robot
alignment
- Bandsaw off sides of turned old
chassis board to stay within the
twelve inch limit

Mar. 9
Competition

Mar. 3
Accomplishments
- Reassembled LeBot to shoot
three pointers

Mar. 4

Mar. 5