October 22, 2013

Tuesday

After long hours of preparation and planning, it's time for us to finally put it to the test. It's the second day of our whole-week of Robotics and we're all pumped up to start! Since yesterday, the team has 8 official members and it's time to put up another recruitment for today.

By the way, the newest addition to our group is none other than Grade 8 student, Jean Nicole Rodriguez! We are all happy to have her as a part of the team and surely she'll be a big help to us. Since we first met her last March, she has proven her skills and wit when it comes to the situations our team have experienced so far. She is also willing to know all the parts but is mostly focused on wiring and programming. Who knows maybe she'll be the next team captain of our school's Robotics Team two years from now? She is definitely someone to watch out for!

Go Team Captain!

For now, all members of the team have their specific tasks to perform. Our team captain, Joshua Cuballes, was studying and figuring out the other things he can do with our robot. He also tried to work out D.A.V.E. (our previous robot) again but sadly it didn't turn out as planned because of some trouble with our old circuit boards. Anyway, with our new robot that is on the works we'll try to make an even better robot. One that is faster than the first one!

Meanwhile, our very talented designer Dominique Dagunton is almost done with the graphic design of our robot. Well at least the frame of it is done. Things left to do are putting it into something real and of course the outside covering of our robot. This time around, it is VERY different from our first robot. It's taller, wider and it's DEFINITELY an original design. Unlike last year, we planned to focus more on the mechanism of our robot rather than its design. The pictures below are just a taste of what's more to come!

Left Side View and Corner View

Right Side View and Back View

In our team, we all serve more than one purpose. Not because one is the driver, he can't be a designer and not because one is a shooter he can't be in charge of wiring. That is not how our team work. Just like most of the idea of our robot design came from our driver, Neil Buenaflor and Chad Azuelo and is put to reality by our talented designer. They were the one who thought of "playing" with the design and the possible extensions on the robot. Our human shooter, Peter Perez, on the other hand was the one who designed our team shirt.

Designers' Meeting

T-shirt design on the making