Watched the F1 opening season race today, enjoyed it. In the afternoon Ash and I took a walk to the harbor and then had a drink at The Quiet Few before walking home. The weather was warm, although a bit windy and cloudy at times. I washed the Scion to make it look nice when I give it to Tesla on Tuesday. Still need to vacuum out the front when I am at school on Monday. We had some leftover Mexican food for dinner.
A rainy Saturday. Watched some soccer and F1 racing. Worked out on the treadmill. Ash and I hung out at home on the couch with the chihuahuas.
The Robotics Club is getting ready for their event in May, in which we will be competing the the MATE ROV Competition. The students are hard at work building the ROV, and we are very excited to watch them compete. They have been operating on their own for most of the time trying to create the ROV, and its fun to watch them work on all the different problems they have to solve. I took this quick snapshot the other day after they finished having a meeting in our classroom to go over next steps for the ROV. My favorite bullet point is second from the bottom.
Our sophomore students have begun their SumoBot project. This project teaches students how to design and build their own custom autonomous robots. The goal is to have two robots compete in a circular ring and try to push the other one out the ring. The robots can only be turned on, they are not actively controlled by their creators. The function of the robots must be coded and allow the robots to work fully autonomously. For my end, I added some design tutorials for students to create their own 3D printed casters and wheels for the robots. The caster is a simple holder for a ball bearing, while the wheel is a rim to hold a thick rubber tube. A few photos below of the CAD and actual objects.
A quick update on the Pi Radio, since it has been a few weeks when it was last mentioned. It works, however, still waiting on the code to get it to function when power is applied, rather than having to SSH into the Pi and manually start the code. My co-teacher is helping with this, so once he is able to make it work, we should be able to package everything up and finalize everything. For now, here are some photos of the volume and tuning knobs wired to the Pi.
