T-1 - The final day

Hey Golden Warriors!

We are one day before the closing day.  Tomorrow, Goldie will be bagged and sealed until the day of the competition.  We tested most of the systems, and all seems to work perfectly now.  The intake system worked perfectly once we installed the roof.  The output system was tested and worked very well.  We still have a couple of issues with the floor system.  The push buttons that detect when the floor is up and down sometimes don't change of state.  We will have to be careful when we are operating it to not go too far.  We made a nod in the middle of the cord we are using to raise the floor, to avoid getting stuck in the gears of the shaft, so there was no need to add bolts for that.  We did not test again the climber.  The gear holder is not finished yet.  We only need the add the acrylic that will keep the gear from falling (we needed to buy 4" bolts).
On the programming side, we have fixed all the problems with the controls.  Now we can use both joysticks to control Goldie.  We also added the Intake system to the drive joystick.  When you push the trigger, Goldie gathers balls.  The thumb button throws away balls.  It made sense that the driver could also control the Intake system, since he is driving...  We still need to configure the camera to have a good point of view for the rope.  The Roborio detects the camera, but the LiveWindow is not showing the picture.

Since tomorrow is the last day, students will be meeting from 3pm to 5pm to finish the projects.  Mentors will be meeting from 5pm to 7pm to help finish Goldie if needed, and then talk about what is next.  We need to brainstorm about what we are going to need for the competition (Cart for Goldie, tools, etc...).