This past week was spent completing our machine and preparing it for testing on the arena. Due to exams and assignments, our group was really only able to meet from the middle of the week until the end of the week during nights. All of the modules had to be completed, and assembled.
Figure 1: Cart Module Being Assembled After Welding
The rear defensive module had been finished with the exception of being painted, as well as the shaft module (most critical module). A significant protion of time during the late week was spent manufacturing and assembling the wall module. One problem we ran into was the motion of the torsion springs could not be held by simply epoxying them onto our wall. We decided to extend our hinges on the module to house the torsion springs as well. You can see this in Figure 2 below of our wall module.
Figure 2: Wall Module Complete (Torsion Springs Below Hinges)
The weekend team meetings were spent assembling the cart and making sure eerything would work when the motors were attached. Some bushings had to be remanufactured because of problems fitting the shaft. While waiting for the cart to be welded together, our team decided to paint our rear defensive module as shown below.
Figure 3: Rear Defensive Module Painted withName Team
While we still have some work to do on the cart module, most of our remaining work is assembling the entire machine. There are a lot of small pieces that still need to be incorporated into our machine that will take a lot of time. The machine should be completely assembled by the end of the night, and ready for testing in the morning.
Figure 4: Pieces of Last Motor Waiting to be Assembled
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