Maryknoll Robotics Team: #2441

Head Driver:     Spencer

Other Drivers:   Brandon F., Brandon C., Timothy

 

Hi.  This is Spencer, driving team leader.  I would like to extend a warm mahalo to everyone who came out to the Oahu Rookies Bridge Battle Tournament, and also everyone who is taking part in this years FRC tournament.  I would like to think our sponsors for believing in us and providing us with necessary funds and resources.  My team is composed of me, Brandon Chau, and two other alternates named Brandon  and Timothy.  We are very happy to have won the VEX tournament and hope that we are able to go LA. Good luck teams!

                      

    The driving team spent the first several weeks discussing the design and abilities of the robot with the other teams, such as the Builders and Programmers. As a whole we wanted to create a robot that was easy to drive, and also be able to contribute a healthy amount of points to the alliance that we are in during the competition. For the time being, the driving team will be assimilated into the building team so that it has the greatest pool of able workers to get the robot completed according to schedule. 

Sunday, February 10th 2008

    The chassis was finally built to specs and the battery mounted properly, along with all other electrical components for the robot to run. The driving team took it out for its very first test drive, on top of a large piece of carpet. Everything ran well, despite the loud noises the chains were making, except for when we tried to make the robot turn. There were some problems with the programming, nothing big, but it caused the robot to reverse in a right direction when we wanted to turn left. However, all in all we could drive the robot forward and backward correctly, so that was a bright sign. Hopefully we'll be able to properly control the robot within the next few days.

 

Tuesday, February 12th 2008

    Today, with the advice and guidance of an outside mentor, Felix Hong of the McKinley Robotics Team 368, we were able to get the programming fixed up and uploaded into the robot. The robot was taken out once again and this time, it performed in the way that we envisioned it to. It moved forward, backward, turned left and right correctly and the team was elated about such an accomplishment. As the week winds down to shipment day, the driving team will be practicing extensively with the robot to get used to the way it runs and work around any quirks that arise.