Exorcising Gremlins and More

by Toni 9/30/2012 23:06
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]

Re-Presenting Steel Stiletto - and Some Other Work

by Toni 9/29/2012 22:58
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]

Time for a Build Evening

by Toni 9/28/2012 23:57
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]

Weighty Issues for Steel Stiletto

by Toni 9/27/2012 23:49
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]

Beetleweight Build Shenanigans

by Toni 9/26/2012 23:26
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]

Troubleshooting the Featherweight

by Toni 9/24/2012 22:59
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]

Today's Episode: Playing With Fire

by Toni 9/23/2012 22:04
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]

The [Virtual] Franklin Fleet 2012

by Toni 9/23/2012 11:13
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]

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Two Weeks 'Til Franklin 2012!

by Toni 9/22/2012 21:43
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]

Presenting Intrusive Interloper 2.0

by Toni 9/20/2012 23:00
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]

Franklin Parts - Part Deux!

by Toni 9/19/2012 15:51
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]

Another Big Build Day For Franklin 2012

by Toni 9/16/2012 22:37
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]

Huge Build Day

by Toni 9/15/2012 22:38
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]

Franklin Parts!

by Toni 9/14/2012 12:36
How about that for timing? Really happy these showed up today, so we can get as much done this weekend as possible! [More]

Getting Closer to Our First Franklin 'Bot

by Toni 9/9/2012 22:06
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]

Featherweight Successes and Failures

by Toni 9/3/2012 21:40
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]