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#PiWars 2019

Closer and Closer

3/12/2019

 
#Piwars2019 is just minutes away....well more like less than 3 weeks and an 18 hour flight away...but that's not the point. The trip is almost here!!!! 

Here are today's goals:
-Review the rules 
-Get new chassis completely functional
-Map out remaining items to get completed

​Lets get going!!!!!

Little sneak Peek!

3/6/2019

 
Our chassis is finally printing...soon enough we will be putting it all together! Cant't wait! Paul Judge spent a lot of time designing the new look. He put a lot of effort into learning how to 3D design and then put his skills to the test with designing the new chassis.

Look What Mr. Bruce Built for us!!!

3/5/2019

 
Our maze is built and being tested as we speak!!!! Videos and photos coming soon!!!!!
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LIVING ON THE EDGE

3/5/2019

 
We have a proper mount for the pixy cam don't worry....This is a throwback to a couple weeks ago. Note the awesome duct tape work! 
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Fuuuuttuuuurreeeee

3/5/2019

 
Keep an eye out for the team member posts! within the next week each member will take over the blog and write about what they've been up to this whole time.... If you haven't already noticed our blog is a bit different from the others....This is because the Biology major volunteered to follow the team of CIS majors around.....HAHAHA I have no idea what's going on but, I'm having fun.

Here's the point I've been working with these major NERDS as they complete these task and have been providing the most basic explanations to describe the amazing things they have been doing. So, what better way to explain their projects and have them write what they've been up too....

Whats next?

2/15/2019

 
Heres what we've got coming up.
  1.  PiWars strategy session...Here we will get together and go through each challenge and decide if we are happy with the robot with each challenge. 
  2. Building the Maze so we can practice 
  3. MeowWolf Showcase Event. MeowWolf is about an hour away it's a facility with multiple rooms that are an immersive and interactive series of fantastic realms of story and exploration. Here the #Piwars team will be demonstrating our robot and a few activities.
  4. Completing the robot build...Just a few more steps and HAL will be looking sleek with new gear.
  5. We've got a lot of practice to do...starting with PiNoon practicing. We are also coming up with an obstacle course to practice.

up coming fundraisers

2/15/2019

 
We cant just stop now! We have more fundraisers coming up!! Heres a list!

-3 more meal fundraisers at Crazy Lizard, California Pastrami, and Torinos at Home 
-Goodwill fundraiser 
-Paint night at Kelly Jo's painting 
-T-shirt sales 

New semester new things

1/15/2019

 
We are two days into the semester and we are ready to take a break from class. Luckily the team is meeting today to work on HAL 3000...More and more modifications are happening and we are getting super excited about the trip.

Activities include:
-Dalton and Jimmy are debating on whether to use an Arduino for line following. However they have come to the conclusion to go with the raspberry pi (they did not completely veto the Arduino). 
-Jimmy is converting code from Robokits to python for line following and our pixy cam.
- Mr Bruce is Cleaning up our chassis which was 3D printed and designed by Paul
-Mr. Bruce is  also doing a little bit of recruiting with the class next door.


These are not the screwdrivers we are looking for

12/18/2018

 
Back at it today! We are putting the robot back together so that our drivers can begin practicing (me...I need to practice) although we ran into a slight oopsies when we had to search through the bins of screwdrivers for the right one... It turns out Mr. Bruce took it home...No worries we eventually found a screwdriver that worked!

No turning back now

12/18/2018

 
Guess what?!?!? We are getting closer and closer to the new semester which means only a few months before the competition! Can I get a "Woohoo"?!? The team is currently researching and discussing costs and options for getting us from New Mexico to England. Having to stay within a tight budget, we found a very good deal on airfare and accommodations! We plan on hosting a few more fundraisers to help out, but for the most part the team has purchased their tickets and are ready to embark on this adventure .

New Look... who's this?

12/7/2018

 
Yeah that's right, back and better than ever. Paul got down into it, as he began using his brain power to come up with the new chassis. How did he do it you might ask? With just a little bit of focusing on strength and a minimalist point of view he was able to come up with the idea. In addition he spent 4 months(realistically-two afternoons of serious hard work) to learn a new software called Fusion 360. Fourteen hours later and 1 kilo of plastic, our chassis was born. 

Our expected changes ​
-Hard wire mounts 
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Difficulties
-forming the design
-implementing changes and working creative work around.  

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    My name is Abigail, I'm a CNM student currently in pursuit of a biology degree. My current role in the team is to clean up/organize the lab, blog/take photos, and I'm one of the drivers for our robot.


    Daily Quotes and Sayings from the team 



    ​"Take what you have and make it work." -Paul

    "That's not supposed to happen" -Jimmy

    "Oohh I have an idea!" -Abby 

    "lets get sciency" -Paul

    "nnnnooonnnnooooo" - Mr Bruce

    "I'm gonna look at the rules" -Jimmy

    "We are getting into grey areas" - Steph 

    "I'm hungry" -Everyone 

    "Show me the money" - Dalton

    "Hey...hey you guys are nerdy" - Abby

    "This was supposed to be easy....no one said this would be hard" -Paul


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