i realized i can track building time using lapse so i did that
uhh we worked on the robot for a total of like 10hrs but lapse was being buggy so only tracked 6
5hr on dec 26
5hr on jan 4th
dec 26
on dec 26 i worked on making those side pieces that i cadded last devlog
but erm i kinda completely forgot that its out of size which i realized while i was there after i had 3d printed the pieces as a test
so instead i painstakingly etched out a better thingy in polycarbonate using an exactoknife and used pliers to snap off the bits that were on the outside which was annoying asf but wtv
and anyway that actually works well asf cuz we also have a rubberband on the top that makes them tilt inward and basically funnel the blocks to the center and down into the roller
its also only 1 piece per side instead of two now cuz instead of making it go all the way across i just bridged the gap with some 1 wide plate which is jank but like it works fine and helps out in not going over the plastic limit so i take that
i also helped my teammate with the pneumatics for the mid goal mechanism he made ( i didnt actually make the thingy i just helped with the pneumatics :p )
also realized that one of our solenoids is broken :pf: but its ok we can just steal from the wing
btw for context the mid goal mech is the thingy that has 2 pistons connected to a standoff. it just pulls it down and then balls can go down there and go into the goals that are lower down
we realized this was dogshit and changed it later
btw all the attached images are from dec 26
i pushed jan 4 to another devlog cuz this one reached char limit