This year we have a new team- the Fabrication Team. The purpose of the fabrication team is mostly to optimize workflow. They create the parts for the build teams to assemble and ensure that they are quality. This team is also a great place for new members to learn the basics and develop build techniques.

This week has been a heavy work week for the Ball Shooter Team. We have gotten into the fabrication stage, and have had a fair number of parts made for us already. Our CAD drawing is also nearly complete.

This week the Ball Acquisition Team finished most CAD, with only finishing touches. We have started making parts along with the fabrication team. It has been tough to work around the lost days due to school closings, but we have been working hard to hit the ground running with building.

The Programming Team has been working with each of the different physical subsystem teams to develop the programming solution required to operate each part of the robot. This work is slowly filling in more functionality, which is being tested on the practice robot put together by the controls team for control & programming practice.

The Animation Team has, in the past week, been learning about camera manipulation and advanced modeling, along with the continuous brainstorming of ideas for the unofficial FIRST competition. As always, the animation page of the website will be continuously updated with the side projects of the team, such as the new pokeball image now added.

This week the Digital Media Team talked about updating the main page on the website, and we discussed which sub-team blogs we have or which ones we don’t have yet. We also shared our new job chart, which created a more effective way to get work done.

This week, the Business Plan Team once again discussed Executive Summary updates and prepared to add the finishing touches on each new section.

The Marketing Team worked on writing their invitations to business professionals and are getting ready to send them out. Also, the team has been preparing various imagery for the robot as well as getting things ready for the Hub City Regional.

The Photo/Video Team recorded some interviews for this year’s Chairman’s video, which went quite well.

Stay tuned for more AdamBots updates!

Written by Cameron Johnson

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