Week 1 Update

Hello! It's the Mechanical Leads, Chris and Juan, here to kick off the first week of this year’s build season!

Just 7 days ago we were given a new game, Reefscape, where we have to score Coral (large pvc pipe) and Algae (giant kickballs) on various elements around the playing field, and climb on a 2 foot tall "cage" in the last 20 seconds of the match. This week, we focused on strategically dissecting the game and creating various prototypes to manipulate game pieces, as well as deciding our robot archetype (method of functioning) to pursue the next stages of the design process. We also started on mock field elements to effectively test our prototypes and our Robot (soon to be named!) once they are built. We are incredibly excited with our remarkably productive first week, and we are looking forward to a great season!

Thank you all for dropping by to hear our progress as a mechanical team and stay tuned to hear from some new voices next week!

Signing off, Mech Leads Chris and Juan