GIFs are fun!

The object our mentor is venting his anger on is a prototype shock absorber for our ball intake. It held up really well in our tests, so the more sensitive components of our intake arm will probably be mounted on something like this on the final robot. Will this be the first year that our intake isn’t mangled beyond recognition? We’ll find out!

We made good progress on the code today, too – we finally tested our new drivetrain encoders, and we’re thrilled with the results! They gave us very stable and reliable readings, so we’ll definitely be using them during autonomous. Even if these new ones don’t work 100% of the time, that’s still an infinity-percent improvement over last year’s encoders, which never gave us useful information even ONCE.

We’re having an open house at the shop tomorrow from 4:30 to 6:00. If you’re in the area, stop by and see what we’re doing! We’re in the East Ridge High School metal shop, door 26 on the service road behind the school. We’ll give you a tour and explain what we do! There will also be goodies for your eager consumption, I hear.

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Did I mention how angry our mentor was?