St Marys Thingamajigs

Wednesday Night 11-19-2014

Scheduling
Next Week we will only meet on Monday

Our competition is 05 classes away!!

The Official Stuff

The Challenge Handbook

The Topic Guide

Nov 13 Updates Two new project updates this

past week

Core Values
We are a team.
We do the work to find solutions with guidance from

our Coaches and Mentors.

We know our Coaches and Mentors dont have all the
answers; we learn together.
We honor the spirit of friendly competition.
What we discover is more important than what we
win.
We share our experiences with others.
We display Gracious Professionalism and
Coopertition in everything we do.
We have fun

Some Programming Reminders:

Both partners should be writing their own programs

and testing different ways to solve the mission.

Save your programs under your own profile.
Program name should end with your initials. Door
CL
Program name should be relatively short and reflect
the mission
Consider executing a mission with a power setting of
50%-75%
If the return to base leg of the mission is relatively
simple, consider increasing the speed to 75%-100%
WORK TOGETHER! Several missions are quite

From our last class

We have a NEW NAME!!

We have a Project Theme and question How

can we improve the way someone learns

about the dangers of distracted driving?
Continued to work on attachments and Programs
Researched Distracted Driving
Identified a Subject Matter Expert (SME) that we
can share our ideas with

Tonights Plan:
Review the Project Rubric
Discuss Presentation Ideas
Work in 20 minute shifts alternating between research

and programming

Topics researched
Personal Injury related to Distracted Driving

(Andrew)
Laws Addressing Distracted Driving (Matthew &
Trevor)
Accident Statistics related to Distracted Driving

Next Topics to Research

What is Distracted Driving

Describe current education process

Describe our idea
Research our idea

Project Updates from Nov 13

Outstanding Tasks
Re-visit Adamss attachment to simplify

installation and removal

Install correct (newly ordered) connectors in robot
#2

Project Planning & Timeline

Class

Planned Work

Accomplishments

Oct Mon 20

Engagement, Reverse Engineering,

Remote Communication

Completed Open Door, Apprenticeship & Changing

Condition, Initial build of 2nd robot

Oct Wed 22

Engagement, Reverse Engineering,

Remote Communication

Oct Mon 27

Engagement, Reverse Engineering,

Remote Communication. Update
Robot #2

Robot Name: Thing #1 & Thing #2

Oct Wed 29

Engagement, Reverse Engineering,

Remote Communication. Update
Robot #2, Color & Light Sensor
testing

Color & Light Sensor testing we have decided to

use the Color Sensor instead of the light sensor.
Thing #2 corrected so that it is tracking straight,
there was an issue with the rear slides

Mon Nov 03

Engagement, Reverse Engineering,

Remote Communication. Update
Robot #2, Color & Light Sensor
testing, Team Identity

Wed Nov 05

Attachment Design requirements and

build

Mon Nov 10

Attachment Build, Complete Thing #2

build and resume programming

Wed Nov 12

Narrow down Project topic,

Attachment Build, Complete Thing #2

Attachment design requirements & Team Identity

Project Planning & Timeline

Class

Planned Work

Accomplishments

Mon Nov 17

Continue working missions and

project

New Team Name The Thingamajigs, Selected a

Research Project: Distracted Driving

Wed Nov 19
Mon Nov 24
Mon Dec 01
Wed Dec 03
Mon Dec 08

Competition Rehearsal

Wed Dec 10

Competition Rehearsal