The team was hard at work today, with Mechanical mounting the shooter among other parts. Programming is being mysterious, but could be spotted writing some java, and Website has a new template to work from on the HTML5 site. Happy Friday, thanks for stopping by!
P.S. I would like to apologize for not posting yesterday. Yesterday, Mechanical tested the shooter, programming wrote more kinect code, and Website did some super secret HTML Stuff.
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Here we see a neat motion graphic intro courtesy of our resident graphic designer: me.
After The explosive success of getting our kinect working yesterday, we now have it successfully locating one of the reflective tape squares on the backboard. They are now working on the code to enable it to locate multiple targets at the same time. Mechanical team is mounting on our launcher as well as further developing our feeding mechanism. They are also improving our robot’s chassis and working on improving our bridge so it more closely resembles the one in the competition. Lastly, website team is adding innovative enhancements to the HTML 5 website. As a vivid air of triumph echos through the room in the after effects of the programming team’s successful efforts, I will bid farewell.
The programming team has made massive advances with the Microsoft Kinect and reflective tape. The Microsoft Kinect can view the reflective tape and approximates the center of the object that is being reflected and locates it with a blue pixel made mostly by our top programmers in Java. What the program will be used for is to locate the center of the hoop on the robot. What a Triumph!
In other news the website is slated to be launched February, 12, 2012, with advances that will awe inspire all judges. The Build Team has been working on producing a cannon that is function and can shoot an average of 24 feet! It is obvious that team 3019 has been working nonstop to do its best at the competition. Also this is now officially the longest blog post!
28 days until Bag ‘n’ Tag!
You know that amazing smell you get when you buy a new computer, fresh out of the box? Well, we just bought a new laptop to operate the Microsoft Kinect on the robot. Mechanical worked on the ball feeding system, and website designed the specifics of the new site and modified this blog site. Have a nice day!
In current news the Programming Team is working away on the Microsoft Kinect code and experimenting with the axis camera under the direction of our assistant head programmer. Mechanical Team has built an angle adjuster for the shooter as well as mounted part of the feeding system.They also did extensive testing on the launching mechanism. The Website Team is continuing their hard work on the new website. That’s all folks!
Happy Friday to all FIRST Teams out there! Even though it’s Friday, Firebird Robotics is hard at work. The Mechanical Team continues to work on the launching mechanism. They added washers to the wheels so when they run the motors it won’t be as loud. The Website Team added a UStream video onto the blog, so hopefully we can live stream some builds and the competition. The Programming Team is working on a way to program the Microsoft Kenict to run on Labview so they don’t have to program it in Java. Even though everyone is hard at work, we have a low attendance today, possibly the lowest number this year. I would not quote me on that, I could be wrong. I’m a web designer. I don’t take attendance. As an added bonus, The Extreme Meal Transformations Club on campus made Hot Pockets inside of Hot Pockets with bacon on the top and let the Robotics Club eat it for dinner! We are champions!
Today everyone is hard at work as always. Programming team is working on debugging the Microsoft Kinect code as well as teaching the first year members some more advanced Labview coding techniques. Mechanical team is hard at work doing a part decomposition, which means they are reviewing what works and what doesn’t work and fixing the things that don’t work. The Website team is continuing on the development of the new website. Stay Classy!
Henry is a busy bee working on the HTML for the new website
Here we see Henry, our main web designer, writing code for the new website, which is scheduled for launch February 16.
So, to acknowledge recent events, many websites did go offline for SOPA Wednesday to protest SOPA. As a team, although we do not have an official stance on the subject, most of us oppose it. Any act to censor the internet is bad. Also this meeting, the website team made more progress toward our new, revamped, soon to be amazing website. The mechanical team cleaned up their storage closet and drafted up more detailed designs for the robot and made the launching mechanism functional. Programming wrote some driving code and continued to work on the Kinect.