Robo Chicken Gator Fly's of Papayaland

Episode 53

This is a podcast we took on-site at the tournament this Sunday.  We talk about how we did and what we learned...

Episode 52

Robot Team A built a crate lifter and racquet ball grabber.
Robot Team 1 built a chassis and the electronics of their robot.
Shivani made a team business plan.
Ben designed a new team shirt and wrangled (victoriously) with RobotC licenses.
Thomas modeled the robot in 'the CAD program'.

Episode 51

We had a 6-hour meeting today...
We split into two subteams: Robot Team 1 and Robot Team A.  Each is designing and building a separate robot, and later we will see which robot turns out better.
Robot Team 1 did a lot of thinking and designing, figuring out how to make a crate lifter, ball grabber/dispenser, and crate flipper.
Robot Team A fixed its drive train so that it is no longer jerky when it turns.
Coach and another team parent started work on building the field.
Thomas and Shivani pondered on how to build a scissor lift.
Also, Shivani bullied Ben  :(

Episode 50

We made a list of new parts we need to order for the robot.
We designed and began building a grabber attachment to consume the crates violently (aka grab them).
Alex made really good snickerdoodle cookies. :D

Episode 49

Strategy team pondered on the topic of bowling balls, the build team worked on the robot, and the programming team figured out how to use the new controllers.

Episode 48

The build team made the drive part of the chassis, the programming team laid the groundwork for controller input in the tele-op program, and the strategy team strategized. (and Ben felt like being sick)

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Episode 45

We talk about our KTWD classes and the BSA Robotics merit badge.

Episode 44

- 2 new girls on the team
- Updated website (finally)
- Went to the Maker Faire
- Going to teach NXT-G programming to 2nd to 5th graders at Intel KTWD