Shooter Progress

    Sorry about the lack of posts in the last week. We plan on returning to more frequent updates from here on out.

    Over the last week, serious work went into the shooter. Unfortunately, we discovered our current shooter design wasn't functional. The "trackball method" we used was unable to launch the ball into the air at all. 

   

    However, after a bit of thought, and modifying a previous idea, we came up with the following idea: 

       The ball would come to rest between four pillars which would hold it in place, leaving up as the only escape.  At the bottom, there will be a pole attached to elastic.  When the pole is pulled back and let go, it would push the ball out, and with any luck, towards the goal.

--Isaiah Tongedahl

January 16th, 2014

     Today we made serious progress on the design of our robot's shooter.  To start off, we drew everyone's ideas on the shooter and listed the pros and cons of each.  After going through and determining which ideas were the most feasible in both space, efficiency and our ability to fabricate them, we ended up with the trackball method.

     Finishing this task, we began the process of developing the goals.  These would be used for testing the robot once completed.

--Isaiah Tongedahl

Welcome to the Team 3781 Blog!

Welcome to our blog! In here, we'll be updating our followers with news on the robot's construction and any other related information. When possible, we'll also include photos of our progress. Keep checking back on meeting days (which you can find to the right side of the screen) for updates. The blog will be updated as often as possible, so keep watching. Thanks.

--Isaiah Tongedahl