Friday, January 18, 2013

STATUS UPDATE 1.18

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  1. In the AOA group we attatched one Touch Sensor along with programming two possible ideas for the Touch Sensor so it can maneuver around rocks and boulders. We also programmed the Ultra Sonic Sensor so that if it sees a rock or boulder five centimeters away from it, the Rover will back up on lowest speed possible for 2 seconds, go right for 2 seconds, left for two seconds, and then North again.
    H. Husnay AOA

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  2. In the AOA group we attached the tough sensors and programmed them. We worked with the CorNav to put the light sensor on so it wouldnt interfer with the touch sensor. We then put the another cpu brick on it so we could have more objects working.
    S. Johnson, AOA

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  3. On Jan.17 of 2013, my team the VCom was building more ipod holders. We build so many of them that not all of the ipods we have will be on one. We had a 40 minute period time and we used it to build them.
    -Amaree Sholtz

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  4. On Thursday, we started where we left off. The arm was too heavy for the motor, so we fixed that and soon got to the zip ties. We put two zip ties on it to balance it so it won't slip. M. Hamilton, IDEP

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  5. On Jan.17 of 2013, my team the VCom was building more ipod holders. We build so many of them that not all of the ipods we have will be on one. We had a 40 minute period time and we used it to build them.
    -Amaree Sholtz, VCom


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  6. In the group MFO we made the arm smaller. Then we attached the arm to the base of the rover. Next we had to figure out how to do the programming. We couldn't figure out what everything meant on the programming. Finally we figured out what everything meant with the help of Mr.Patterson. F.Colosi MFO

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  7. On the EDL team, we are still working on our capsule for the rover. We are also looking for a good way to build a parachute. It has been difficult to find a decent size parachute. We used a hula-hoop to find the correct inside of our capsule
    J.Bousquet, EDL

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  8. I am a project manager. I talked to everyone in each team and found out what everyone was doing. I gave teams ideas on what they should do. Also, I took notes on the changes everyone made to the rover. Each team contributed in a big way on Thursday.
    -A. Knapp, Project Manager.

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  9. Today we continued the build on the rover. We also found a more complex rover program that has less zig-zag and more speed. We are planning to try both the original program and the new program and possibly combine the two. The rover also has two CPU's now which will really be helpful to the rover and the rover programs.
    M. Green, CorNav

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  10. Working on the MFO team, the Magnetic Field Sensor arm was taken apart and adjusted to be smaller and sturdier. Subsequently, it was attached to the rover.
    K. Hernandez, MFO

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  11. Yeasterday,the MFO team edited the arm that holds the magnetic sensor. We made the arm more sturder by adding more lagos and made it smaller. The hole B team was able get a 2nd cpu attched to the rover.
    Z.Berg, MFO

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  12. Today we continued the build on the rover. We also found a more complex rover program that has less zig-zag and more speed. We are planning to try both the original program and the new program and possibly combine the two. The rover also has two CPU's now which will really be helpful to the rover and the rover programs. H.McCarthy, CorNav

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  13. The VCom team is working on building the ipod mounts. We have around 12. We made 12 so when it comes time to put the mounts on the rover we have a wide varity of mounts.
    O.McEachron, VCom

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  14. Yeasterday,the IDep team fixed the program so that it goes down waites two minutes. Then it will come back to its neautral position. All we have to do know is mount the arm to the rover. M.Sicilia, IDep

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  15. Reporting from the VCom team. We are now confirming that we have 12 IPod mounts and have many replacements if any thing happens to the ones being used. We have test all of them by putting the IPods in them and moving them around to check stability. We now have 2 IPod mounts that we are using for the offical rover.
    K.Angona, VCom

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  16. The AOA Team worked with the VCom Team trying to attach the Light Sensor to the Rover but it was a very difficult task. the Light Sensor kept hitting the wheel of the rover and slowing the rover down.
    T. Lindquist, AOA Team

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  17. Yesterday the EDL team worked the heat shield by cutting it down to fit the hula hoop better so the structure is less flimsy. We did it buy flipping it upside down and placing the hula hoop as far in the heat shield as it goes and having two people hold the heat shield another person cut around so the hula hoop has a few inches of paper above it. K. Laviola, EDL

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  18. On Thursday, the IDep Team made a temperature probe for the rover. The arm will be mounted on the front of the rover so that it can reach over the rock and also so that the VCom Team can record the evidence.
    D. Carlson, IDep

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  19. During our work period yesterday, my team and I cut down our overly big space capsule to make it more sturdy, but we need more support to keep the thing level. One of our instructors Mr. Michaud, got us small wooden dowel. We will use those in the near future.
    P. Corbett EDL Tech signing off.

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  20. Even though I was absent, my team had told me what we did. We finished building the sensor and we were trying to fit it onto the roverm, but we still can't find the right way to put it on. We are now working on that. -E.Peterson, CorNav

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