Titanium Robotics is already well into its build season, with about half of it already completed. Starting the beginning of last week, the team set about building the drivetrain for their practice robot, which serves as a sort of first version of the final robot. With the drivetrain—the system that permits the robot to maneuver—completed, production for other mechanisms is already well underway. Much of the team’s progression was made in the robot’s feeder and shooter systems. The “feeder” is the mechanism in which balls used for this year’s competition to score points is transported from the robot’s intake system— where the robot collects the balls— to its shooter mechanism— where it shoots the balls to score points. In order to operate coherently, each constituent piece of metal for each mechanism must be constructed punctiliously, hence the long hours many team members stay after school during work sessions.
The team’s goal is to have the practice robot finished by the end of the work session on Saturday, February 1. In order for this to be achieved, the team needs as many hands as possible! Work sessions take place every weekday after school and on Saturdays; no experience is required and all help is welcomed and appreciated.
