Meeting schedules:
FABRICATION: There will now be meetings every Wednesday until Dec. 17th. Today (11/5) crate plans were discussed. Next Wed. (11/12) we will inspect materials and the old crate. The crate is planned on being finished by Dec. 10th.
PROGRAMMING: Meetings every Tuesday and Wednesday in P-2
DRIVETRAIN: Meetings will now be every Thursday in order to finish the Cinderella Chair robot base. Tomorrow (11/6) we will mount gearboxes, axles and casters.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Team t-shirt designs are now being finalized. Make sure to model your designs at
customink.com and bring them to the team and/or next PR Meeting (11/14).
ELECTRONICS: Come in to the next meeting (11/12) to learn about the new system and how to crimp, cut and route wires.
CAD/SolidWorks: Our next meeting is this Friday (11/7). We will learn more about how to learn SolidWorks and begin modeling objects. This is very freeform; feel free to come in and mess around with the program as you please to see how it suits you.
Important Dates:
WiST Girl Scout Event - November 8, 2008
DigiPen LabVIEW, 3D Studio Max classes, and beta control system demonstration - November 15, 2008
FLL Regional at Highland Middle School - December 6, 2008
Kickoff - Saturday January 3, 2009
Robot Ship Date - February 17, 2009
Pacific Northwest Regional - March 5-7, 2009
Microsoft Seattle Regional - March 26-28, 2009
CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT - ???