Week 3

Week 3 Day 1

Our animation segment of the team contains the main character Recycle Man who is on a mission to make everyone recycle. He is driving around in his GT2007 when he comes upon a non-recycling hippy. He talks to him about the benefits of recycling and then -BAM- slaps him across the face, backhand style. He then picks up some trash and drives off.

In the next movie, Miko and I interviewed Mason about the progress of his portion of the animation.



Week 3 Day 2

Ok, Miko and I have finished a picture slideshow about how we establish and accomplish goals. Everyday at the beginning of class we sit down and each section of the build (fabrication, programming and the historians) explains to the class what they will be working on and the goals they wish to accomplish before day's end.
The team uses a four step plan to help manage our goal setting. The first step is to plan out the day. For example, we have planned Friday late night and Saturday builds on the weekends, we go over the team roles and responsibilities, and lastly set daily goals. If we have more items to plan, like we will when we get to Las Vegas, we will add those.
The next step is Do. We get together with our teams and accomplish the goals set earlier. This is the longest step of the process, taking up most of the day.
The next step is to Evaluate our work. we ask ourselves, as a group, if we met our goals and recap our daily progress and let the team know if everybody is on task and on schedule.
The final step is to Refine ourselves and the methods used. We talk as a team and get each others input on what we could do different or better.




Week 3 Day 3

Just a short update about Day 3, this time around. Not too much new stuff happened, just more work done on remaining projects. Nathan and Robert have the pieces for the control box cut and screwed together. The animation department had a team meeting and decided deadlines on when specific sections of the movie will be completed.

A short walk-around of the team during a typical work day:

Week 2

Week 2 Day 3

Hey guys! This is the first blog for the team, but the build has entered week number two. Our robot is coming along nicely, and the animation team has gone over the tutorials for Autodesk 3ds Max 9 and are starting the movie. Our animation theme this year is "Keep it Green", so the main focus of the movie is recycling. The robot's basic frame is complete with the wheels mounted, and right now the fabrication team is cutting pieces of aluminum for the rest of the frame.

Here is our first movie with Miko about the going-ons of the team:


If anybody has questions or comments, feel free to post on the blog or email me at keegan822@hotmail.com.


Week 2 Day 4

We have finished the second video showcasing the fabrication department of our team for this week. Tim, the fabrication supervisor, explains what additional features are being added to the robot.