Meeting 1-27-09

Jared K.

Kevin B.

Ian M.

Penelope B.

Our robots name is Z.O.D. Zamboni Of Doom and our team name is Axils of Evil

Jared Kent: The tubes are very thin and when too much torque is put on them they come out of the split clamps and become deformed. The solution was that we machined plugs on a lathe that fit in the ends of the tubes to reinforce them. See ajacent pictures.

I also put the spacers on the screws holding up one of the touch sencors, but the sencor was crooked so Ian replaced one of the tetrix pieces and i put the entire thing on again. Kevin had me replace the axel of the second arm stage manipulator and the L-shaped pieces of metal.

Penelope Biggs: the front bumper was uneven and not lining up. so we got a peice of flat bar and cut it to the right lenth. then we used a drill bit to drill some custom holes so they would line up with the touch sensor holes. so now we have a bumper that works. 

Kevin Burns: As we continued to dissasembled the robot to repair bent axles and add the tube plugs we found that we have damaged many of the splint clamps. These clamps have been slipping, which was caused by the bending of the prongs. This is caused when a clamp is tightened while tighted to another parts. We have found that the split clamps are not very good at holding on to axles.