1/12/15
today we had to work through making the 2nd semester for our notebook
tube toss challenge
its been a while since i've posted anything to my website ,and its because of my laptop for some reason thinking that my web site doesn't exist
its also because ive just been pissed of at robotics as a whole. Its stupid that i can come up with an idea that everyone agrees with as being good and
then when it comes to bringing that idea to a reality im totally excluded from any discussion pertaining to it. wow thanks. I remember the first year when i came to robotics i was greeted with open arms because I fixed a lawn mower engine in 3 days when it took 4 seniors 2 weeks to get no where with it.
know everyone is bossy and controlling, and thats not the robotics i remember. now its all about being a show off to bring to peoples attention
that you have great ideas too and can be functional.
2/13/15
I worked out the problem with diffusing the light from the LED. My idea is to first sand down the LED to roughen it up, then by placing
high density polyethylene from plastic milk jug. this is perfect because the plastic will be from a recycled source. "i would like to save up enough money so i could buy money"- Gaby
2/20/15
For building the circuits for the led we decided to go with an assembly line approach, my job was to simply strip wires in preparation
for connection to the led and battery.
Cole has began making the molds for the acrylic out of the liquid rubber material.
2/27/15
This week we worked on making electronic components as fast as possible and with the highest quality control
we finished this week with a grand total of 40 or so circuits.
we also received 5 gallons of resin to cast the toots.
our week ends with a series of toot prototypes, some failures, some successess.
3/6/15
This week we had a huge failure rate in the toots. Dr Neat and i both witnessed the death of a battery. Died within a coulpe seconds of pouring the resin.
3/10/15
I beleive i have found out the reason for the crash of the go Kart. it actually occured for a variety of reasons first being that the brake was
not adjusted properly therefore it could not stop the cart. Another reason is because the engine's governor was not removed when the cart was assembled.
the governor is a mechanical device that regulates the speed of the engine, so that the engine does not go too slow and stall or go too fast and risk
over revving and vibrating itself to pieces. Now when the engine is running in a application where it's speed needs to be constant and regulated its no problem
, but when the speed is constantly being changed(like when its used in a go cart where there is constant acceleration and deceleration) the governor will fight against
the person driving it. If i was given the engine i could have the governor removed within an hour, and that would be the end to the struggle.
4/8/15
todays wednesday challenge is to come up with ideas for mentor gifts, so far our only lead is a paper weight in the shape of a tote that is cast from aluminum from
recycled soda cans or recycled HDPE bottles. the trade off is that the aluminum will have to be melted at home, whereas we can melt the bottles at school with relitively low temps.
5/21/15
to day we are discussing the processes of making a car out of recycled materials that can jump the greatest distance without falling of the ramp
i have a feeling that just getting the vehicle to travel straight would be a challenge in itself.
5/22/15
pretty much no one is here, and there is no one from my group here. i am incapable of making a sketchup of the vehicle.