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Dec 7, 2020
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Change Up: 11/25/20

Today we had an online Zoom meeting to finish coding the 1 minute skills autonomous. To efficiently write our skills code, we had one...

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Dec 6, 2020
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Change Up: 11/19/20

Today we finished our exact measurements for the autonomous. We did this using the given field measurements from the Vex website. We will...

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Dec 6, 2020
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Change Up: 11/18/20

Today we had an online meeting to discuss our plans for the robot's 1 minute skills autonomous. We wrote out the plan on a good drawing....

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Dec 5, 2020
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Change Up: 11/8/2020

Today we had a meeting from 1-5. We started working on the intake with the foldable front rollers. At around 4:30, we finished both sides...

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Dec 5, 2020
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Change Up: 11/7/2020

Today we had a meeting from 1-5. We discussed our popping-out intake design and got started. Since our robot's intake has only limited...

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Dec 5, 2020
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Change Up: 11/1/2020

Today we had a meeting from 4:30 - 7 pm. After finishing the 15 second autonomous, we decided to work on our skills scores and decided to...

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Dec 5, 2020
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Change Up: 10/8/20

Today we had a meeting from 5 pm to 7 pm after school. In today’s meeting we finalized the other 3 positions for 15 second autonomous and...

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Dec 5, 2020
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Change Up: 10/7/2020

Today we had a meeting from 5 pm to 7 pm after school. In today's meeting, we finished up the 15 seconds autonomous for position 1. We...

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Dec 5, 2020
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Change Up:10/6/20

Today we had a meeting from 5 pm to 7 pm after school. In the meeting we started discussing our 15 second autonomous for position 1. We...

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Dec 5, 2020
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Change Up: 10/2/20

After taking a break due to the Covid-19 increase and the start of school, we finally came back to work on VEX. Today, we cleaned up the...

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Aug 25, 2020
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Change Up: 8/24/20

Today we added all the sensors to the robot. We added one Vision, 3 line trackers, IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) and a light sensor. We...

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Aug 24, 2020
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Change Up: 8/20/2020

Today we worked from 1-4 and modified the flywheel. We had a problem with the grip mat and decided to remove it completely. To keep the...

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Aug 24, 2020
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Change Up: 8/19/20

. Today we worked from 1-4 and and focused on wiring all the ports and sensors to the cortex. Having proper clean wiring makes the robot...

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Aug 19, 2020
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Change Up: 8/18/2020

Today we worked on securing the rubber bands to the intake in a way so that they would not slide. The rubber bands are very important...

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Aug 18, 2020
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Change Up - 8/17/20

Today we came at 1 and left at 4. In the meeting, we added back the flap and found a way to secure it. We also added support c-channels...

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Aug 16, 2020
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Change Up: 8/14/20

Today we started on perfecting our ball outtake on the back. We also strengthened our drive train to make it faster. We removed the gears...

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Aug 14, 2020
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Change Up: 8/13/2020

Today everyone arrived around 1:30 and stayed until 5:00. Today we decided to go with a 4 motor drive train design. We ended up doing...

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Aug 13, 2020
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Change Up: 8/12/20

Today we came at 1:30 and left at 5. In the meeting, we added the hood and did the finishing touches on the flywheel. We originally...

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