January 23, 2012 Practice

On this practice we began to remodel the arm for the second competition. This included redoing the grip system and the whole arm position. We also worked out smaller issues, like moving the Samantha Module. And finally I confirmed that the autonomous programs work with our new design.

January 21, 2011 Meeting

Today, only I was present to work on the robot to prepare for the second competition we are attending. I worked on moving the arm controls downward in the robot, as well as beginning to remodel the hand. This will allow a more controlled lifting of balls and crates to the lift, improving accuracy and score.

I also worked on adding a system that will help guide the bowling ball to the robot, instead of involuntary releasing the ball. This will help us score more during the autonomous stage of the code. The position required for the internal side of the board was finally found, which was in the middle of the internal side with the robot shifted right at a 45 degree angle.

This was a productive construction day, which will help our entire team score better and hopefully make it to the state competition.

J2IT Competing in the FTC Regional Qualifiers.

J2IT completing code review with judge prior to the competition.




J2IT First and best run of the day.


- Terry Phillips

aka. HUM4N

Location:Tri-C FTC regional qualifiers

Team registration and robot inspection on Jan 13, 2012

J2IT regional qualifying event at Tri-C tomorrow.

Passed inspection with flying colors.

J2IT

Robot Inspection

Lifting the basket

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Good job guys!

 Terry Phillips (Coach)

Location:Tri-C

Computer Model

This is a Google Sketchup represenentation of our robot.

J2IT Autonomous Code

J2IT Autonomous Code

The following program is one of four for each position, in this case this is the blue team, exterior side.

task main()
{
  initializeRobot();

  waitForStart(); // Wait for the beginning of autonomous phase.

  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  ////                                                   ////
  ////    Add your robot specific autonomous code here.  ////
  ////                                                   ////
  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  motor[W_Left] = universal_speed - 10;
  motor[W_Right] = universal_speed;
  wait1Msec(3500);
  if (red == true)
  {
    if (exterior == true)
    {
      left_turn(1000);
    }
    else
    {
      left_turn(1500);
    }
  }
  else
  {
    if (exterior == true)
    {
      right_turn(1000);
    }
    else
    {
      right_turn(1500);
    }
  }
  straight(2000);
  if (exterior == true)
  {
    if (red == true)
    {
      //Turn Left
      left_turn(850);
    }
    else
    {
      //Turn Right
      right_turn(850);
    }
  }
  straight(6500);
  motor[W_Right] = 0;
  motor[W_Left] = 0;
}

1/7/2012 Meeting

Today we ran a lot of test runs. Also I made the 4th motor move up the scissor lift. Tyler finaly went up and drove and operated the arm. Ian is working on making the top of the scissor lift flat. He also put non-slip pads on the top. Jared removed the plow which was getting balls stuck in body of the robot.








The new screw rod for popping the scissor lift.

December 29, 2011 Meeting

Today it was just Ian and Jared at the meeting. We decided to have the builders meet and then the programmers meet. Jared made a plow for the robot to try to prevent balls from finding their way into the center of our robot. Ian cut a piece of plastic that we will melt for the top of the robot. This will prevent the basket from falling off the sides. We also have ideas of adding non-stick padding to the plastic. We added finger like strips of plastic on the hand to help grip the basket. The tips of the "fingers" will be able to go into the holes in the basket. We also did a rewview of the hardware on the robot.