From this point on, our weekly plans aren't going to hold much weight. Every day our plans for the day change and revolve based upon what we've accomplished so far. For example, at the beginning of last class (Wednesday the fifth), we planned to begin our tower and arm next week while finishing our chassis this week. Interestingly enough, we finished our chassis, did the challenge, and moved on all in the same class. Now, our goal is to complete the mechanical portion of the arm. As you can see in the photos (which I am finally in one), our tower is up. We are now designing and building the arm as we go. This means we have no clue what our next step is, we're just using trial and error as we go. Unfortunately, this means predicting our plans for the week is difficult. For example, we have no clue when we're going to have a breakthrough or get stuck.
So as of now, our plan is to continue with the tower. Last class and this class I've been researching arm designs to pick up the discs. I found one I like, but until we complete the tower I'll have no clue if it's fully functional. The arm is going to be our main focus, as our next challenge is to either put the discs on the tall pole or shoot balls at the flags. And frankly, the flags are too hard at the moment.
Until Wednesday,
Diego.
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