We packed our robot into the crate last night, and today FedEx came and picked it up to ship to our first competition, the Silicon Valley Regional on March 18-20. We have chosen to withhold 65 pounds of our robot, as allowed by FIRST, and will continue to make improvements and adjustments until competition!
Leland Robotics Blog
2010 Ship Date
February 23rd, 2010Practice at NASA Ames
February 20th, 2010Today a small group of our team went to NASA Ames to test out our robot on their practice field. We learned a lot about our robot and will use what we learned to help make our robot even better!
Going over the bumps in second gear
2010 Wheel
February 6th, 2010Our machine shop sponsor finished our wheels for this year! The final ones will be anodized black. Many thanks to our sponsors!
Our wheel!
Parts For Our Chassis Have Arrived!
February 2nd, 2010Today our sponsor finished machining the tubing used to construct our chassis. They even have “Leland High Team 604 Quixilver” engraved on them!
Our nearly completed chassis
2010 Design Review
January 24th, 2010Today we had our design review for our current robot concept. We invited engineers from our community to give their input on our design. We learned a lot from the discussion and will incorporate many of what we talked about into our final design.
Going over the chassis design
A shot of everyone who attended
2010 Chassis Test #3
January 15th, 2010Our third and final prototype chassis was an eight-wheel-drive chassis. It turns as well as the six-wheel-drive prototype, and goes over much more smoothly. We have learned a lot from our prototype chassis and will be making a final decision on what we will use in competition soon!
Prototype 8-wheel-drive chassis
2010 Chassis Test #2
January 11th, 2010After assembling the KitBot chassis, we decided to test something we were more familiar with: a six-wheel-drive chassis. However, in order to aid in going over the bump, we used large 8″ wheels. This chassis turned much better than the KitBot, but going over the bump was a bit rough. We will try one more chassis concept.
Assembling the second test chassis
Complete six wheel test chassis
2010 Chassis Test #1
January 10th, 2010Due to this year’s unique terrain challenge, our team decided to prototype many feasible chassis designs. Today we assembled the KitBot, the basic chassis that comes in the Kit of Parts. We found that although it goes over the bump nicely, it does not turn well. We will test more chassis designs in the upcoming week.
Assembling the KitBot
Putting an old electronics board on the KitBot
