Freight Frenzy Meeting #39 - The Claw and Meeting the Prickles

 Meeting 39

DATE : 2/19/22

Agenda: Claw wrist development & Meet thr Prickles #16837 from Alaska

Attendees: Sean Pakros, Jessica Hawkinson, Skyler Firestone, Coach Cynde

Notes: Since we had to fix the claw servo, it gave us a chance to look over the whole structure and see if something was binding and causing strain. It turns out that the servo plate was rubbing on the hex attachment that we glued in to the claws. We added a couple of spacers to prevent this and it functioned much better. We completed the rebuild and ran some additional tests. Sean will need reprogram the claw settings when he adds the programming for the linear servo.

We took some time to rewrite our presentation lines so they include some information that the judges asked us. We will redevelop our presentation boards to flow better with the speeches.

Jessica connected with one of the first teams who liked us on Instagram to see if they would like to set up a Zoom meeting. Are hope was to connect with more teams out of our region and build friendships and support for future success. We introduced ourselves and talked about our teams and shared our robots and their development. It turns out their school is even smaller than ours with only 100 students! They struggle with mentorship just like we have. We explained that this year we questioned all of our family and friends for possible mentors in engineering. We explained that it may just be a one time half hour session that can help us grow and succeed. We told them about our meeting with Bob Smith about motors and ratios and they desperately need that information. We explained that we are reconstructing the meeting for our notebook and will send them a copy with the science and the math. They shared with us that their success has been in outreach and presentation and that’s how they won the Inspire Award, and they are willing to help us with our presentation. We will set up a meeting after their state championship and be for ours to share our presentation and get their feedback. It was great to share our stories, make friends and plan to help each other! We all felt great about the meeting and are excited to meet again!