Okay - we need to "Make it work!" as Tim Gunn would say. On the agenda for today, we want to get Intrusive Interloper 2.0 running reliably; get Steel Stiletto running reliably; try to finish Malicious Mule; and try to finish Belligerent Battler 0.9. Sounds like a lot to do, so we'd better get started! [More]

We got a late start today, having to spend the morning and first part of the afternoon sorting out a client, but we quickly got into the swing of it, desperately wanting to get at least one "Presenting" post out today, as we're short four working 'bots with exactly one week to go. [More]

This time next week we'll be in Philadelphia, but as things stand right now we'll be there mainly as spectators to the Franklin Cup. We have two 'bots that are running, but with issues, and the other four are still piles of parts. We don't usually build on Friday nights, preferring to relax from the week, but we don't have that luxury tonight. [More]

After spending a good chunk of time last weekend on the rebuild of Steel Stiletto, including burning up some battery packs, we'd ordered some replacements and today they arrived, so we headed out to the build space with the intention of finishing this 'bot. [More]

So, this evening we're going to devote ourselves to trying to get the beetleweight closer to assembly and see if we can't get the chassis and drive train completed. [More]

Turns out we have a few hours to build tonight, so we're going to capitalize on that time and see what we can cross off the To Do lists. We want to troubleshoot the featherweight, and hopefully get some assembly done on the beetle too. [More]

We've resolved today to finish a 'bot. We have today, one more weekend, and up to seven evenings between now and NERC's Franklin Cup, and at the moment we only have one finished 'bot, so we need to hustle! Today's focus will be on the hobbyweight Steel Stiletto. [More]

As we were tinkering in CAD with the morning coffee this morning we decided to paste together the models for the 'bots that we're taking to Franklin ... [More]

This time in two weeks we'll be competing in the Franklin Cup in Philadelphia, and at the moment the main thing standing between us and victory is ... well ... not having finished 'bots! [More]

We're sooooo close to wrapping up our featherweight, so we're going to push on tonight and wrap this 'bot up. We only have a few things left on the To Do List, so let's see how we do. [More]

Having received and worked on chassis parts for a number of 'bots, we've been keeping a close eye on tracking numbers for other parts orders, and two of them have come in! We were getting frustrated with both shipments, but learned to read the shipping options at Hobby King carefully ... [More]

Hot on the heels of yesterday's efforts, we spent another long day in the Build Space, shooting to get as much fabrication done as possible for our six-'bot fleet for NERC's Franklin Cup. We made good progress yesterday, and was hoping to keep the momentum going today. [More]

Argh! Three weekends left before NERC's Franklin Cup and we have zero finished 'bots! Seeing as though we had a large delivery from Wisconsin and also Australia yesterday, today was shaping up to be a big build day. [More]

How about that for timing? Really happy these showed up today, so we can get as much done this weekend as possible! [More]

We're another weekend closer to NERC's Franklin Cup competition! We have flights, hotel, and car, but at the moment we don't have any 'bots ... so we'd better keep working! Today more to do on our featherweight Intrusive Interloper 2.0, including figuring out how to get Milly to produce a circular circle. [More]

While we wait for parts to be delivered, we spent some time this weekend reorganizing the Build Space, and also got some more work done on the featherweight Intrusive Interloper 2.0. [More]