The two team members of the Monday/Wednesday team made great progress today and stayed longer than an hour (thanks to the patience of their parents) and finished their clawbot. Nice job you two!
It is a fun design. It reminds me of a combination fork-lift and automatic stacking hay wagon.
We weren't able to test it completely because the borrowed motor needed it's firmware updated to talk to the controller, but all the parts appeared to be in the right places and everything but the claw, where the borrowed motor was attached, worked. I had my laptop but haven't been able to sort out network access yet, so I had to bring the robot home to update the firmware. Once updated, it all ran fine.
We should be ready for Saturday without meeting Friday. I hadn't heard back from any parents about Friday anyway so Mrs. K and I are not planning on it.
Now the only hitch is that we haven't received our second welcome kit with the name plates. We will have one pair to share between two teams. I hope they work with us.
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