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It’s the beginning of week two, and there is still quite a bit of work yet to be done. Students on the construction team got to work, cutting many different lengths of wood to connect the goal together.  Before assembling the goal together, they had to make sure that the sizes of the wood were precise.  By measuring and cutting, they were able to complete the task, they were even able to get the tower for the playing field done.  The programming division was also very busy.  They continued to work on the prototype bot, changing the angle of all tires and placed the modem onto the prototype.  Students repeatedly used the trial and error method to test to see whether or not the bot is able to go over the bump and kept checking it throughout the day.  While some students were occupied with working on the prototype, mentors and other students worked on the kicker.  They worked diligently, looking for ways to make it work..  In the room next door to where the programming team, the visual media team worked on filming the second week of construction.  They also worked on the week two video.  As for the graphics team, they were busy at their computers, working on the pit crew booklet that will be done shortly once they have collected all the information they need.

The media team worked diligently on the Chairman’s Award video.  They continued on with the plans when they met yesterday at the school.   They left campus to film around the community for nearly half of the day.  Once they were done, they resumed filming the different sub-teams as they worked.  Then they edited the footage that will be included in the week two video.  The programming team picked up where they left off, working on the prototype.  They needed to change the transmission of the wheels and tested out the crab drive that they installed.  As for the construction team, they built another “bump” for the playing field so that half of the field could be used for testing purposes.

As week two progresses, there is yet an over abundance of tasks on the agenda that still needs to be completed.  Student members occupy themselves with these tasks and work on completing the planned activities for the day.  The construction team made tremendous progress today.  They successfully changed the damaged Omni wheels, saudered the wires, hooked up a fan for the prototype, made fisher price motors, and brainstormed as a team on ideas for the prototype.  They tested and checked the prototype for any problems, fixing things as needed.  The construction support team used the time to clean and organize the robotics room.  They threw away things that were not needed and items that were damaged.  The other sub-teams were also hard at work.  The video crew occupied their time by filming the construction team and editing the video clips for week two's video.  As for the documentation team, they were busy taking photos of all the sub-teams as they worked.  They also worked on acquiring the necessary information and materials to update the web-site.  Since the competition is nearing, the graphics team has been working on the scouting sheets for the regional competitions. 

Team 359 continues with week two of construction. Many students were occupied with their work in their stations, trying to get as much as they could done. The video team was busy, filming the construction crew while they constructed another prototype kicking mechanism. In order to build the kicker, students used the wood shop to cut various sizes of wood. The video sub-team also captured footage of one of our mentor’s and a few students, while they were in the process of making hubs for the robot’s wheels. They used an assortment of machines such as the Lathe Machine and Arbor Press. After getting some footage of the construction crew, the media students went to the robotic’s testing room, where the programming team was busy re-implementing the pneumatics board. They were busy moving equipment around onto the board and drilling nails to hold it into place. The graphics team continued to work on designing the scouting booklet that will be used at competitions. The documentation crew took many pictures that will be used for the web-site. Students ended the day, cleaning up their area getting it ready for use tomorrow.

It’s the end of week two, and there is still a lot to be accomplished.  As the week progressed, the students tried to get as much of the work done as possible.  Today, Team 359 successfully completed a great deal of work.  The media team completed week two’s video, fixing all the errors to ensure that it ran efficiently.  Once the video was edited, they submitted week one’s and week two’s video to the web-site team, who will post it onto the Waialua Robotics site.  Throughout the day, the video crew also filmed the daily progress of all the sub-teams.  The construction crew worked vigorously.  They managed to construct the prototype shooter mechanism, trying to make it more effective, and having the opportunity to test it out.  While the students worked on the shooter, the mentors were hard at work rebuilding and modifying the frame for the robot.  They were able to get a lot done including adding the wheels to one side of the frame.  At the same time, the programming team was also very busy.  They were occupied with rearranging the electronics board so that they could add speed controllers.  Jonathan Oishi, part of the electronics and programming team, said, “We’ve been working through the electronics for the prototype because we changed our design.  We also made some minor progress, trying to figure out where the pneumatics and electronics go on the board for the prototype.” As for the graphics team, they continued to work on the team banner by collecting photos of our team and created the pit crew booklet.

Paying a visit to Team 359 was the team from Mililani High School who needed assistance.  They were having some technical difficulties with their computer; therefore, they came to have our programming mentor check out what was wrong with it.  They also came to learn more about the programming system for the robot.  Once students finished what needed to be done today, they cleaned up their work areas, getting it ready for week three.