Qualifier 2 – Meeting Entry

January 6, 2019January 13, 2019 by FTC 9656 Omega, posted in Meeting Entries, Rover Ruckus (2018-19)

Date: 1/6/19

Time: 7:00 AM-6:00 PM

Attendance: Justin, Trinity, Tommy, Rebecca, Sriteja, Jonathan

Plans/Goals

Have Fun
Prevent disconnects.
Perform than the last Fremont Qualifier (seed higher than 14th, have a better qual record than 1-4, be a contender for at least one judged award)
Stretch Goal: Make it to the semifinals
Extreme Stretch Goal: Qualify for Regional Competitions

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Qualifier 2 – Cisco Building

January 6, 2019January 13, 2019 by FTC 9656 Omega, posted in Rover Ruckus (2018-19), Updates

Today, Omega went to our second qualifier of the season, located at Cisco in San Jose and hosted by Tacobots (FTC 11099). We improved greatly from our performance in our last qualifier, having an extremely reliable latching mechanism and improving our autonomous program to consistently sample the gold mineral. Even our win-loss record improved to 2-3 (we mostly lost due to disconnections and bad luck).

Because of our hard work, we were able to take home:

Rockwell Collins Innovate Award
Inspire Award, 3rd Place
Control Award, 2nd Place

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Preparation for 2nd Qualifier: Meeting Entries #49-54

January 4, 2019January 13, 2019 by FTC 9656 Omega, posted in Meeting Entries, Rover Ruckus (2018-19)

Meeting 49

Date: 12/29/18

Time: 1:00-6:00

Attendance: Justin, Trinity, Rebecca

Plans/Goals

Finish cable management
Figure out solution to hanging problem

What Was Accomplished

Mounted electronics
Found solution to hanging problem by moving the latch back
A strong spring was used to tension the return cable

Notes/Additional Information

We have ordered cables that we need to connect the phone and the robot which allows us to test our code

Reflection/Takeaways

This is the first time we are slightly ahead of schedule! All we need to now is code.
At first we were hesitant to rebuild, but the risk that we took paid off

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