We've accomplished many things since the course of the last blog written. We spent the whole day on Saturday working on attempting to fix and test the PID code for Intake of the robot. We encountered many hurdles and adversaries while trying to finish the PID. On Monday, Sai and I (Bhavesh) were investigating the issues involving the "dead" robo-rio. While we were investigating the issues, we learned more about the electrical circuiting of the robot and how to connect certain wires. When we finally finished our testing, we came to the conclusion that robo-io just isn't working and "re-aliving" it will be quite difficult. After that, Sai, Harry, and I spent the rest of our time trying to get Smart dashboard working and able to take our PID values. After some time, we finally managed to get the Smart dashboard to work and PID value inputs! Tomorrow, we might just do some further testing.
Introduction The preseason of Robotics is an extended time period that provides training for the team along with important skill building, strategy development, and testing. During this time, the team focuses on improving their skills in CAD modeling, manufacturing, code development, and branding. Each of our team's departments has been working on specific skills related to their field. In the design and manufacturing department, the team modeled robot parts in a CAD program and stocked inventory for the upcoming build season. Meanwhile, the software team worked on modifying and adjusting the code of a smaller robot to simulate and learn coding for the team's future robot. The Team The Charge robotics team is an award-winning team at Cherokee High School that competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition. The team consists of three major departments, Design & Fabrication, Software, and Branding & Marketing. Each of these departments works toward a common goal of designing,...