We put the robot into the "bag and tag" bag this past Tuesday, February 21st. We were all scrambling to get the robot into the bag and secured before midnight on Tuesday. After we had it in the bag and we took a picture to show that we had put it in the bag before midnight, it felt like a huge weight was lifted off our shoulders. After the six weeks of intensive build season that we all had; the team and mentors decided we needed a few days to relax and catch up on lost sleep. We were all very excited to have a few days off, but we still have a lot of work to do before our first regional, Peachtree, GA.
In the next three weeks we will all be working on different portions that need to get done before we go to Peachtree.
The mechanical department is working on a wood robot with the shooting mechanism on it, so that the programming department can have something to test their programming code with. They are also going to design a new shooting mechanism!
The programming department will be working on debugging their code once the mechanical department gives them something they can test with. But while they are waiting for the mock robot multiple of the members will be helping the marketing department with various things.
The electrical department will be helping the mechanical department get the mock robot where the programming department can run it around and have basically a robot that will work to use to test their code.
The marketing department has a lot to do in the next three weeks.
We are working on the Business Plan for this year, making buttons, getting our Chairman's presentation ready for when we present at Peachtree, putting together and finishing up all of the notebook we are doing; the Outreach Notebook, the Safety Notebook, the Robot Design Notebook, and the Business Plan Notebook; we are also continuing our outreach efforts, working on the Chairman's video, and fundraising activities. We have recruited members from other groups to help us with these, so that we have as much team involvement in this as possible. This is a lot to do, so we have to divide it up to get it all done.
Even though Build Season has officially ended we will still be working hard to get everything finished before we go to Peachtree.
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