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Engineering:
This past week we finished V1 of the robot! Though we had to deal with some wiring issues before handing it off to programming—leaving us a bit behind schedule—we have a plan that we are confident in moving forward. Our robot can fit 60 fuel, which is slightly higher than previous estimates, and we have taken off one of the flywheels to fit more comfortably within the weight limit. We got all the main subsystems running, besides the hood and the climber. The majority of our time was spent on the intake, as we had some problems with jamming when testing with a greater amount of fuel. However, we have plans to combat this. We’re excited to start with auto and drive practice! https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/2102-build-thread-2025-2026-open-alliance/506370/20 Boss: This past week BOSS has started working on our Impact presentation. Along with that, we formed a checklist of other projects to get started on. Leaders have been assigned to those responsibilities, and we’ve continued planning the volunteer work we intend to do. Though it was only a three day school week, we spent our time productively and used it to get organized!
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Engineering:
Our climber is fully built and mounted to the robot; we did a test run and it’s looking like it’ll be a very fast and reliable climb. All of our individual mechanisms are assembled and attached, and all we have to do to finish the robot is to finish wiring and then attach the hopper. Since we plan to drive the robot by the end of Presidents’ Weekend, we’ve set up our half-field with apriltags for the first time (DM us if you want to come join our practice)! https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/2102-build-thread-2025-2026-open-alliance/506370/20 Boss: This week we finished and submitted our Impact essay and the executive summaries, as well as the optional video (shout out to Deacon, Taj, and Romelle!). We confirmed dates with the retirement home we’re volunteering at and have started applying to volunteer for a local animal shelter. We also held our first cheering meeting of the season, which is arguably the most “fun” requirement that all students need to fulfill in order to travel. Engineering:
Starting with programmers, they’ve been diligently working to set up the code base and start on higher level automation. With the help of simulation, our coding progress has been faster than the previous years. Through running multiple tests on the indexer, we’ve become much more confident in our design. The shooter and intake are still in the process of being assembled (majority of its parts have been made) while the chassis has been put together and wiring has started. https://www.chiefdelphi.com/t/2102-build-thread-2025-2026-open-alliance/506370/20 BOSS: This week, we submitted our Woodie Flowers application; our nominee Karen des Jardins has been with us for the past 19 years and has dedicated tremendous time and effort into growing our students into strong leaders. We’ve also been updating our Exec summaries and Impact essay with current demographics and editing to better highlight our main theme of inclusivity. We’ve started our pin-making process so that we can distribute them during competitions, and designed a couple merch ideas for our collaboration with Team 3128 Aluminum Narwhals. Engineering:
Starting with programming, they have made much progress focusing on the main robot code, which was worked on at the start of the week. As the week has continued they have expanded into setting up a robot simulation. This simulation has helped the branch test features like the auto align and set up an initial control scheme. On the engineering side of things we have much CAD work being done and are starting to manufacture the robot. We are working on setting up the bot and all bottom-mounted electronics have been added to the chassis. We ran into some constraints with the intake but have been thinking of working on a swappable extension. For more information please visit our Chief Delphi thread! BOSS: This week we were able to continue working on various awards including Woodie Flowers and Impact. We have focused on delegating our Woodie Flowers essay, writing, editing and perfecting it over the weekend. For impact we have continuously focused on our Executive summaries, now on the editing stage for all of them. Furthermore we had Info Night at school which many BOSS members stayed for, informing the incoming freshman about our club and the positives of the school. Connected to this we have planned middle school tours to do even more outreach for the incoming freshman and give them an incentive to join our team. Lastly we worked on repairing and repainting the minis swerve box to make it more in line with our mascot and team colors! |
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