Day 37 - 38

Day 37 - 38 of FRC 2013 Build
February 12, 2013
Tuesday

The main electronic components of the robot has been installed in their final location including the CRio, Power Distributor, Digital Sidecar, and Router. All of the speed controllers and relays are also installed in their final positions. The electrical team then worked on organization of the wires.

The climbing team completed their alternate climbing system on Day 37 and troubleshooted the system separately from the final robot on Day 38.

The windows motor mount for the elevation mechanism of the shooter-hopper system was installed in Day 38. The windows motor was tested on Day 38, and the windows motor will be able to rotate the shooter-hopper throughout the match and into the climbing position at the end of the match. Integration of the shooter-hopper is complete and troubleshooting for the shooter-hopper begins on Day 40.