Project X - skirt Skirt

Project X- Mounting the motor and Planning the seat

Project X- What was the Most Important Thing?

Today we made new plans for mounting the motor. We added the a new plate that we will weld on when we get back then bolt the motor to that. We also set up a plan for the seat and are getting ready to tell the weld team our plans for that

project page

Team members: Zoe, Connor, Jonathon

What Steps Did We Solve:

We got the wheels ready to attach to the frame and started attaching them

Next Steps:

1. weld rear frame to front frame- complete
2. Look for back wheels to drift- COMPLETE
3. Plan motor and wheel  frame? - Complete-
4. mount motor - Pending
5. attach seat- Pending 
6. add pegs for feet

Couch Potato - Waiting on the Couch and Frame

Couch Potato - Waiting on the Couch and Frame

Everything is Ready Except the Big Pieces

With coding more or less complete, we are really just waiting on our frame and couch for the final tests.
Our frame is due to be delivered sometime next week, courtesy of the welding class. Our couch is still
MIA, and we await its arrival, whenever that may be. As for the wheels, since we do not really have
proper cleaning supplies, they won't be getting any cleaner than they are now, which is not saying
much. If that greasy substance becomes a problem, we will have to find another way to clean them.

Project Page: Couch Potato Project Page

Team members: Darryl, Hazel, Chris, Francisco, Zachary

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Test Motors - Done - We have tested our motors, and they function correctly.
2. Test Motor Controller - Done - We have tested our motor controller, and it functions correctly.
3. Plan Frame - Done - We have designed a versatile frame for our couch, and visited the Welding class.
4. Moving Care with Joystick - Done - We have figured out how to move the car with our joystick code.
5. Finishing Touches on Frame Planning - Done - Our frame is ready, and is being built.
6. Cleaning the Wheels - Done - The wheels are as clean as we can get them with what we had.

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Build Frame - In Progress - Our frame is currently being built by the welding crew.
2. Testing Motor Control with Joystick and Coding - Pending -  We need to use our coding and a joystick to check how the joystick controls the motor, and how will it steer. 

Project X - Vroom Vroom

Project X- Mounting the motor 

Project X- What was the Most Important Thing?

Today we welded a piece of medal to the back axis in order to mount the motor and planned how wee were gonna mount the motor 

project page

Team members: Zoe, Connor, Jonathon

What Steps Did We Solve:

We got the wheels ready to attach to the frame and started attaching them

Next Steps:

1. weld rear frame to front frame- complete
2. Look for back wheels to drift- COMPLETE
3. Plan motor and wheel  frame? - Complete-
4. mount motor - Pending
5. attach seat
6. add pegs for feet

3/27/2018 Project Zenith

Heading - What did we do today?

 Today our team has decided to reprint the caster and fix another one onto our platform so our robot has the ability to start moving again. Were also starting to plot out how our program will be structured to accommodate the movement of our project. More research online is still needed.

Project Page: http://steamclown-robots.blogspot.com/p/am-turtle-bot-1.html

Team members: Ronald and Jesus 

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Start programming our robot

Project X - It looks like a trike

Project X- It looks like a trike

Project X- What was the Most Important Thing?

Today we followed are blue print and welded the pipe in between the back frame to hold the axle.  We also planned where to put the motor and how we are going to mount it. We watched Harrison weld things. 

project page

Team members: Zoe, Connor, Jonathon

What Steps Did We Solve:

We got the wheels ready to attach to the frame and started attaching them

Next Steps:

1. weld rear frame to front frame- complete
2. Look for back wheels to drift- COMPLETE
3. Plan motor and wheel  frame? - Complete-
4. mount motor - Pending
5. attach seat
6. add pegs for feet

R you C-ing this?

The controller - Establishing a connection

Before downloading the app that acts as our controller for our little robot, we need to attach the bluetooth module to the car first. Next, we need to turn bluetooth on on our phone and connect it to the module.

Project Page - http://steamclown-robots.blogspot.com/p/blackbug.html

Team members: List, Your, Team, Members, Here

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Finish fixing the frame of the car Done
2. Hook up the power harness to the frame of the Car Done
3. test the motors Done
4. apply the coding Done
5. changed slides  Done
6. Research what our Bluetooth Module does Done
7. Find out what the motor controller does and how it works compared to the one in the instructables site Done

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Choose a code to upload into our Arduino In progress
2. Connect the BT Module to the Car In progress
3. Establish a connection via bluetooth from the phone to the BT Module In progress
4. Find code that fits and functions with out motor controller. Pending
5. Test the coded outcome Pending (Extra steps added here)
6. Edit the coding to actually move on command, and not randomly. Pending
7. Hook up the controller for the car Pending

Couch Potato - Frame Works and Dirty Wheels

Couch Potato - Frame Works and Dirty Wheels

Getting the Frame Started

A visit to the welding crew began the process of our frame. We opted to have their afternoon class work
on it, and we were given a completion time frame of approximately one week. Once completed, they
will bring it to our classroom for our use. Aside from that, we continued to clean the wheels, which
proves to be quite difficult, what with our only cleaning supplies being a bag of baby wipes.

Project Page: Couch Potato Project Page

Team members: Darryl, Hazel, Chris, Francisco, Zachary

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Test Motors - Done - We have tested our motors, and they function correctly.
2. Test Motor Controller - Done - We have tested our motor controller, and it functions correctly.
3. Plan Frame - Done - We have designed a versatile frame for our couch, and visited the Welding class.
4. Moving Care with Joystick - Done - We have figured out how to move the car with our joystick code.
5. Finishing Touches on Frame Planning - Done - Our frame is ready, and is being built.

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Build Frame - In Progress - With our frame planned, we need to have the Welding team begin building it.
2. Cleaning the Motors - In Progress - The motors are dirty, and need to be cleaned out.
3. Testing Motor Control with Joystick and Coding - In Progress -  We need to use our coding and a joystick to check how the joystick controls the motor, and how will it steer. 

i worked on code when the class was

R you C-ing this? (RC Car)- Looking for even more code

The controller - Figuring it out

At the moment, we're working on figuring out how to use the motor control we have rather than the one in the instructions, therefore leaving us with no other option than to look for another kind of code that supports the controller. 

Project Page - http://steamclown-robots.blogspot.com/p/blackbug.html

Team members: List, Your, Team, Members, Here

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Finish fixing the frame of the car Done
2. Hook up the power harness to the frame of the Car Done
3. test the motors Done
4. apply the coding Done
5. changed slides  Done
6. Research what our Bluetooth Module does Done

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Find out what the motor controller does and how it works compared to the one in the instructables site In progress
2. Find code that fits and functions with out motor controller. Pending
3. Test the coded outcome Pending (Extra steps added here)
4. Edit the coding to actually move on command, and not randomly. Pending
5. Hook up the controller for the car Pending
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Project X - preparing the wheels

Project X- Preparing the wheels  

Project X- What was the Most Important Thing?

Today we planned and created a blueprint for our future endeavors and we started attaching the wheel axle to the back of the frame.

project page

Team members: Zoe, Connor, Jonathon

What Steps Did We Solve:

We got the wheels ready to attach to the frame and started attaching them

Next Steps:

1. weld rear frame to front frame- complete
2. Look for back wheels to drift- COMPLETE
3. Plan motor and wheel  frame? - Pending - Possibly tube stock.  Need to talk to Welding teacher and student team
4. fix gear problem
5. attach seat
6. add pegs for feet

3/19/2018 Project Zenith

Heading - What did we do today?

 Today we were having trouble figuring out what to do with the battery because we didn't know how to wire it with our platform. We had help putting the switch together so we can get start putting the mechanical configuration of our project together. So far we have also soldered the wires for the battery and the switch to start having power for our robot.

Project Page: http://steamclown-robots.blogspot.com/p/am-turtle-bot-1.html

Team members: Ronald and Jesus 

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Soldering wires  

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Put Battery on platform

Couch Potato - We Hit a Couple Roadblocks

Couch Potato - We Hit a Couple Roadblocks

Letdowns 

We visited the welding crew to follow up on the frame from Friday. Apparently, they did not have

the tubing they needed for the frame, and said that they would begin working on it tomorrow morning.

Aside from the physical aspect, the coding aspect is not going so well either. Our car problem was 

fixed when we actually powered on the car (thanks Mr. Burnham), but it is not moving from joystick

inputs. We are currently working on the code for the joystick, as the car can move without it.

Project Page: Couch Potato Project Page

Team members: Darryl, Hazel, Chris, Francisco, Zachary

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Test Motors - Done - We have tested our motors, and they function correctly.
2. Test Motor Controller - Done - We have tested our motor controller, and it functions correctly.
3. Plan Frame - Done - We have designed a versatile frame for our couch, and visited the Welding class.

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Build Frame - Pending - With our frame planned, we need to have the Welding team begin building it.
2. Cleaning the Motors - In Progress - The motors are dirty, and need to be cleaned out.
3. Finishing Touches on Frame Planning - In Progress - We need to answer a few questions regarding the frame.
4. Testing Motor Control with Joystick and Coding - In Progress -  We need to use our coding and a joystick to check how the joystick controls the motor, and how will it steer. 
5. Moving the Car with the Joystick - Road Block - We are stuck on the code for now. We are working on it.

Chocolate Printer in: Spinning the Steppers

Tapping into another system's inner workings isn't always easy. We're working on getting the Arduino to communicate with the stepper motors, but we need to understand how each of the leads work and how to supply power. We have managed to make a set of connectors that will connect the Arduino to the Steppers, but getting them to actually spin is another challenge.

3/14 Project: RoomBoi - QTR Coding

RoomBoi and RoboBro Will Move Soon

There has been a deadline presented to us, all robots are due in 2 -3 weeks. We received some code for the QTR sensor array from Jose to which we will modify to run our robots. To fix our previous caster problem we have a ball wheel now but it's too short and Raymond is going to make a longer one. The switch on the RoboBro broke but Dylan and Nolan repaired it.

Jose's Project - https://steamclown-robots.blogspot.com/p/table-robot.html

Project Page - https://steamclown-robots.blogspot.com/p/pm-turtle-bot-1.html

Sample Code GitHub - https://github.com/Narusako/RoomBoi-Robot/blob/master/3.12%20Code

The new wheel works much better than the old one, before the robot was timed to turn perfectly but it slowly got worse. As shown in the video, the new wheel turns even better than the previous one

R you C-ing this? (RC Car)- Working on the coding again

R you C-ing this? (RC Car)- Working on the coding again

We're still working on applying the coding to the arduino and hooking up our bluetooth to the board. We also researched what type of bluetooth module we have in order to actually wire it to the arduino.

Project Page - https://steamclown-robots.blogspot.com/p/hack-rc-car-and-add-radio-control.html

Team members: Jacob Gillaspie, Malichai Laset 

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Finish fixing the frame of the car Done
2. Hook up the power harness to the frame of the Car Done
3. test the motors Done
4. apply the coding Done
5. changed slides  Done
6. Research what our Bluetooth Module does Done

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Test the coded outcome In Progress (Extra steps added here)
2. Edit the coding to actually move on command, and not randomly. Pending
3. Hook up the controller for the car Pending

Project X - planning for the future

Project X- Planning for the future  

Project X- What was the Most Important Thing?

Today we planned and created a blueprint for our future endeavors 

project page

Team members: Zoe, Connor, Jonathon

What Steps Did We Solve:

We got the wheels ready to attach to the frame

Next Steps:

1. weld rear frame to front frame- complete
2. Look for back wheels to drift- COMPLETE
3. Plan motor and wheel  frame? - Pending - Possibly tube stock.  Need to talk to Welding teacher and student team
4. fix gear problem
5. attach seat
6. add pegs for feet

Couch Potato - Checking Up on the Frame

Couch Potato - Checking Up on the Frame

Checking Up on the Frame

A conversation with Mr. Burnham left us to head to the Welding class to check up on our frame. We brought our plans
with us, ready to start this thing when they are. After visiting, they said that they would start something on Friday.
As far as our actual couch goes, Mr. Burnham said that he would look online for one. Hopefully we will get
that, and our frame, soon. For the rest of class, we continued any misc. work that still needs to be done. We were\
given access to one of the RC cars to test our joystick with.

Project Page: Couch Potato Project Page

Team members: Darryl, Hazel, Chris, Francisco, Zachary

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Test Motors - Done - We have tested our motors, and they function correctly.
2. Test Motor Controller - Done - We have tested our motor controller, and it functions correctly.
3. Plan Frame - Done - We have designed a versatile frame for our couch, and visited the Welding class.
4. Finishing Touches on frame Planning - Done - The frame is, more or less, done in the planning stage.

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Build Frame - Pending - With our frame planned, we need to have the Welding team begin building it.
2. Cleaning the Motors - In Progress - The motors are dirty, and need to be cleaned out.
3. Testing Motor Control with Joystick and Coding - In Progress-  We need to use our coding and a joystick to check how the joystick controls the motor, and how will it steer. 

3/13 Project: RoomBoi - More casters

Continued Construction of the RoboBro

Nolan and Dylan replaced the button we previously had on the RoboBro so now the power stays locked. The caster for the RoboBro has been printed and it is a different design which features a ball wheel rather than our previous wheel design due to the problems of turning our RoomBoi had.

Forgive Peter, he filmed the wrong way

03/13/2018 Project Zenith

Heading - What did we do today?

 Today we tested the movement of our robot and concluded that it runs in a straight line. The reason for this is because before it ran in circles when the wheels were loose. We then mapped out where the hardware was going to be glued on top of the platform to make sure its neat and organized. The wires were also organized in a line using a band aid to prevent them from falling while the turtle bot is moving and also lessens clutter.

Project Page: http://steamclown-robots.blogspot.com/p/am-turtle-bot-1.html

Team members: Ronald and Jesus 

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Check if the robot moves in a straight line

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Glue Hardware on top of platform 

Couch Potato - Keeping Up with the Small Stuff

Couch Potato - Keeping Up with the Small Stuff

Miscellaneous Work 

We are still waiting on our frame; it takes time to build. While we wait, we continue to do various bits of
work pertaining to our project, such as any leftover coding (until we get this thing running, that is), and
finalizing any planning.

Project Page: Couch Potato Project Page

Team members: Darryl, Hazel, Chris, Francisco, Zachary

What Steps Did We Solve:

1. Test Motors - Done - We have tested our motors, and they function correctly.
2. Test Motor Controller - Done - We have tested our motor controller, and it functions correctly.
3. Plan Frame - Done - We have designed a versatile frame for our couch, and visited the Welding class.

Next Steps:

 List all the current steps in order of priority. Mark "Pending", "In Progress", "Road Block", "Done"

1. Build Frame - Pending - With our frame planned, we need to have the Welding team begin building it.
2. Cleaning the Motors - In Progress - The motors are dirty, and need to be cleaned out.
3. Finishing Touches on Frame Planning - In Progress - We need to answer a few questions regarding the frame.
4. Testing Motor Control with Joystick and Coding - In Progress-  We need to use our coding and a joystick to check how the joystick controls the motor, and how will it steer. 

3/12 Project: RoomBoi - We Have No Wires!

A Lot Of Problems

We discovered that the button for the RoboBro is not the correct one. You have to hold down the button in order for the RoboBro to run rather than one simple push. Due to the lack of female male wires, we were not able to wire up the QTR sensor array.

RoomBoi on the left and RoboBro on the right

Project X - It looks like a trike

Project X- Finally got the frame welded

Project X- What was the Most Important Thing?

Today we attached the back wheels the the frame. We just need to fully secure it and fix the gear problem

Project Page - http://steamclown-robots.blogspot.com/2018/01/blog-post.html

Team members: Zoe, Connor, Jonathon

What Steps Did We Solve:

We got the wheels ready to attach to the frame

Next Steps:

1. weld rear frame to front frame- complete
2. Look for back wheels to drift- COMPLETE
3. Plan motor and wheel  frame? - Pending - Possibly tube stock.  Need to talk to Welding teacher and student team
4. fix gear problem
5. attach seat
6. add pegs for feet