2011:Mechanical 1 1.13

Attendance

Start time: 6:00

End time: 10:00

Members present:

Austin lee

Kyle Schuhar

Tom Murphy

Elizabeth Mchesney

Members Attending Next Meeting:

Tasks Completed

• Recording the actual statistics and comparing
  
  • Motors weight 1/2 lbs
    
  • Battery weighs 1 and 1/2 lbs.
    
  • Actual Rpm is 150 in-oz
    
  • Can't exceed 12x12x12in
    
• Understand what we want to do, ie: we want the minibot to be 5 lbs. and to have 50 torque oz-in, which should take 5.85 seconds to reach the top.
  

Tasks In Progress

• Start building our first and second prototypes
  
  • Will have a 2 wheel and bar clamp, an idea from team 5
    
  • May add another arm or wheel
    
  • It will pinch the pole and have to push the gate
    
• We will design a type or 'scissor' mechanism
  

Tasks to Complete

• modifing the robot and seeing what the other teams may want to do with it
  
• Figuring out if we need alternate methods to maintain pole friction

Materials Needed

• vex parts, wheels and traction