Preparing for Waterloo
Week 11 • March 2024
Thank you for all your support of our team! Without your sponsorship, this build season would not be possible. Here is what we have been working on over the past week.
Tweaking the Robot
After analyzing all of the challenges we faced during our last competition, we have made numerous tweaks and improvements to the robot, ensuring its reliability and performance. First, we have added automatic speaker and amp capabilities, making travelling to both stations much easier. Next, we improved the accuracy of our tracking system and improved our sensor fusion algorithm. The robot also needed a durability improvement, so we put on new wheels and reinforced the climb frame and wheel base.
During the week when we’re not refining our robot, we’re hard at work practicing for our competition, only a few days away. Today we’ll be packing up our robot and getting it ready to be taken to Waterloo on Thursday.
Next Steps
On Thursday, March 21 we are going to attend a competition at Waterloo. This competition is quite important because if we earn enough district points, we may be able to attend provincials. We currently have 21 points and we will need about 50 points to qualify for provincials.
