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Designer Wanted!

May 19, 2012 in Updates

So we’re currently at a stand still.

We have the base pretty well figured out, and have a rolling chassis,

We even have the steel to build the frame, but you have to design it first!

We’re hoping to include someone from the drafting and design side of the school to get this part designed and worked out, as this will look great in your portfolio at the end of your term at ITT!

So if your interested, please don’t hesitate to shoot me an email or sign up here and reply to this post, either way we’d love to have your help as well as get this robot back under way!

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Robot Meeting Date’s have changed!

March 26, 2012 in Uncategorized, Updates

If the reason has been that the meeting time’s on Friday’s have kept you from attending the weekly meeting’s it might please you to learn that the new meeting date’s have moved to Monday’s from 4:30p – 5:30p in Lab 04.

Hope to see you all there!

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Our Robot’s Base

February 22, 2012 in Uncategorized

Well it’s here and assembled!
Our robot has a base!

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First Parts are IN, and Votes are Over.

February 14, 2012 in Uncategorized, Updates

So the (very small) number of votes are in, our bot’s name is now:

Bitbot!

 

And, as of yesterday (Monday) Our motor’s wheels and steel are all in place! (Lab 04)

So, if your still interested, Come by Friday and help put the first parts together!

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Vote on a name!

January 21, 2012 in Updates

So it’s been long enough, let’s name this thing already!

You can vote on up to 3 names, but you only get to vote once, so make them count!

What should we name our bot?

  • Bitbot (75%, 3 Votes)
  • Zeebo (50%, 2 Votes)
  • Kazam (50%, 2 Votes)
  • Cuttlesworth (50%, 2 Votes)
  • Fujee (50%, 2 Votes)
  • Trothos (25%, 1 Votes)
  • Gimbo (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Fedoro (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Ubuntuz (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Teevo (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Buzz (0%, 0 Votes)
  • Razz (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 4

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Alright Well, I guess you could say the vote’s are in, of course only 3 other people decided to vote…..

Our bot’s name is now Bitbot!

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Sopa Blackout

January 17, 2012 in Uncategorized

We will be down for 24 hours to show our support for the stop sopa / pipa movement.

Please visit http://americancensorship.org/ and Call your Representative and make sure they vote against them both!

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Our Robot Needs a Name!

December 18, 2011 in Updates

So we discussed a few possibilities on the meeting last Friday (Thanks to all that showed up!) However we still need a larger group of names to pull from, so Please, over the break while parts are being ordered, Post some ideas as a comment on this post so I can get a poll going and we can vote on a winner!

The time slot to give ideas for names will be ending on Christmas, Dec 25th. Then we will have a poll to vote on for new years so this creation will have a name!

Also I have sent off a email for some steel and wheelchair motors, so we can start getting something put together.

So again, PLEASE Post your ideas for a name as a comment to THIS post! Thanks!

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Next Meeting This Friday, December 9th 2011

December 6, 2011 in Uncategorized

I hope you all had a decent week off, we will be resuming our meetings this friday December 9th most likely in Lab #4. I look forward to seeing you there!

Update – Forgot to leave the time, 4:30pm sorry bout that.

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Status Updates – Thanksgiving

November 24, 2011 in Updates

Alright I’m sure very few of you will be signing on today to check for updates, but here’s where we stand.

Tracks are going to be too expensive for us to do with our current budget, and chain would be too hard on the schools floors.

So wheeled it is. I have updated the group name, forums posts and have also done a quick overview of the design in Photoshop. It looks something like this.

I have also made the photoshop file availble for download if you would like to add or change it’s design. Granted I didn’t add any cross members as it would hide most of the other parts but I do realize we will need more support laterally then this design has.

Other then that, enjoy your week off, I’ll see all of you again December 5th if not sooner!

Also I will be meeting with the heads of the ITT board and staff on Dec. 1st to go over the project and design. I’m very nervous with public speaking so wish me luck!

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Moving along.

November 20, 2011 in Updates

So after meeting with you all, we decided that making our own tracks is the way to go,

This again might have changed.

Talking with Mr. Razmi on saturday and discussing our very limited budget, and looking online for the priceing of motorcycle chain’s building our own tracks would have come out to about the same cost as buying an already built set.  He said we should use wheels. Had I known we could have done this from the beginning we probably would have gone this route anyways, as it’s cheaper, easier, and less damaging to the floors on campus.

So now we are probably going to go with the wheeled route. Ideas? Please post them in the tracks / feet group.

We also still have no place to actually build this beast. If anyone knows of a place close to school to get this thing started as we really need to start getting SOMETHING together, please let me know. If you don’t already have my email address it’s daniel<at>stinebaugh.info. Thanks!