On Wednesday, Nick completed the basic chassis on SolidWorks. We don't know how far he is beyond that, as he isn't here today.
On Thursday, after we attached the main part of the arm to the rest of the chassis, we realized that the base was very unstable and wobbly. This was the result of us not having any axles long enough to reach from side to side. One axle started on the right side and went about 2/3 of the way across, and another axle below that one went 2/3 of the way from the left side to the right. In the center, where to the two coincided, a brace connected them, and the arm was attached there. We had to take the entire arm base off and relocate it because it didn't provide stability.
Today, Chris has mostly completed work on the new arm base. We'll be cutting out a wooden end effector today that will allow the robot to hang from the metal bar in the arena.
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