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Swartdogs News

Friday, a local news crew will be here to do several live interviews with the team.  They also will get a chance to see the robot in action. Saturday, we are having a scrimmage here.  Four other teams have been […]

Drive Team

The robot is just about done.  Only a few modifications to make.  Tonight is a BIG night.  We had many students apply for the Drive Team positions.  Try-outs are tonight.  Each driver gets 3 opportunities and the “arm controller” get […]

Animation

Only 5 weeks ago, we could barely draw and cube and rotate it.  Tonight, we submitted our completed video.  Considering the learning curve of the software, just getting the video done was a victory.  The quality of the work was […]

Build Team

The robots is really coming together.  It drives and handles well.  The autonomous is working better.  The camera has been relocated and gives a really cool view. The minibot is working great!  It’s fast and consistent.  Tonight, the deployment was […]

Website

The website has gone through several reviews and new errors are found and corrected. We are getting responses from more alumni and populating that page.  Looks like the website should be ready to submit.

Animation

Initial renderings have been done and it is looking good.  Hard to believe 3 weeks ago we could barely make a cube!  It is getting to crunch time, but it looks like we will have an animation to submit.  Just […]

Build Team

The robot is coming along.  The arm can extend and reach the top row.  The gripping mechanism works great and can manipulate the tube easily. The minibot is coming along.  It consistantly gets to the top.  Just a few more […]

Animation

The learning curve for the program is getting better.  We can now create objects and move them around.  Anne is getting better at moving the IIKOs and she can now put mulitple ones on a single page.  The landscape is […]

Snow

2 days of heavy snow and blizzard conditions does not help the building season.  We lost 2 full build days becasue of weather.  Good thing things were moving along well. . .

Building the robot

We have a rolling chassis and part of the arm works.  The design is coming along really well. Lots of ideas continue to move forward on the minibot.  It climbs to the top.  Need to get it faster and lighter […]

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