Day 21: Design, Manufacturing, Programming

Design

Today, the minibot group worked to put their minibot design into the computer.  Furthermore, another group worked on finalizing the arm design.  It was decided that the arm would need to be longer in order to properly grab the tube.

Several team members work to put the minibot design into the computer.

Manufacturing

The manufacturing team was working hard today to finish some parts.  The parts are coming along great and we hope to finish all welded parts by tomorrow.

Elevator carriage bearing blocks after one operation on the mill.

Kirk loading parts into the CNC mill.

Programming

Today, the programming team was hard at work installing another encoder so that they can better drive in straight lines.

The programming team hard at work.