Critical Design Review is tomorrow so we set to work with haste insuring that everything was ready to present. The low goal team attached all their moving parts on their retrieval/scoring device and the high goal team continued to work on tasks to complete. An extensive high goal team meeting was called, and for over an hour they discussed what they had accomplished and what they still needed to do. After that, the team went back to work, with a few beginning to work on CDR presentations.
On this day,the low team worked on their backboard catcher while the high goal team spent their time testing the angular intake of the ball on the x-axis with the three prong roller claw. Two discoveries were made; the maximum angle was 60° and if the claw were to intake the ball with one wheel, we would have to eject the ball and retrieve it again.
As today marked the beginning of a new sprint, we started the day making new stories and assignments. One of these were to finish and testing out prototypes before January 18, our Critical Design Review. There was a lot of research to be done to find measurements for the prototype parts. The business team taught rookies how to use Photoshop and Illustrator; once they got the hang of it, we began to work on the t-shirt designs.
As today marked the beginning of a new sprint, we started the day making new stories and assignments. One of these were to finish and testing out prototypes before January 18, our Critical Design Review. There was a lot of research to be done to find the best measurements for the prototype parts. The Business team taught rookies how to use Photoshop and Illustrator; once they got the hang of it, we began to design the T-shirts digitally.
Due to the impending sprint review, we focused on closing down all of our stories. Upon completion, a management meeting was held to review what went well, what could have been improved, and to address any questions to ensure a successful upcoming sprint. Beyond that, we altered the pneumatics on one of our high goal attachments.
The high goal team’s day began with the measuring of the dimensions needed for the catapult. Once this was done, they then mounted the motor for the three prong roller claw along with the window motor. Upon this, we motorized the attachment for the retrieval of the ball. After much testing, we were able to motorize the window motor and have it pivot. The low goal group worked on creating a single four-bar-linkage system to retrieve and release the ball.
