Today I implemented a 4 motor drive base onto my robot. It wasn't veyr great, but at least I could control it... because one side accelerates faster than the other! But, I have an idea to solve this. Instead of writing my drivetrain code on 2 forever loops, I could run mine on 3, so there is the driving, the variables for the left side and variables for the right side. Also, I want to finish this robot BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK!! I have been saying that "I am finally finished my robot!" but I don't actually finish the robot.
Also, I tried to troubleshoot with online videos, but the one I watched was trash. That team's robot uses a 1:1 gear ratio, so I'm not going to trust them, and in rapid relay, their robot was a conveyer belt with no catapult. Like, Bro. So many other people could do better.
Today I found out that 4 motor drivebase is trash, so I spent a whole hour just building the 2 motor drivetrain back. Maybe after our team makes this robot, I can get a head start on whatever's the new meta. For example, I really want to have a high capacity robot that can have more than 3 stacked pins at a time. So, yeah. But, I'm excited about what Shen Lao Shi and He Lao Shi have in store, because last year we based our whole design off of their starting robot. I'm sure that they will have some ideas.
In our first match, I hope we will be with a 180 mech. I'm sure that we will have 2-stacks and they will just stack our stacks onto more beams to make stacks. The only reason that I didn't have a 180 mech is because 180 mechs are really slow at scoring. You have to align, clamp, align again, clamp, rotate, clamp, and then unclamp, taking some time. But, with a conveyer you can just intake and drive to the pins, then just drive where you want them to go, and undo the pneumatics.
Today is the last day of local hoops summer camp. The coaches had us do fun things like king of the hill, drills like 1v1s, 2v2s, and shooting exercises. And, I got a compliment from not A coach but 3 coaches of being creative. So, there was one drill where you were stuck in a corner and had to dribble out, pass to a coach, then shoot a layup, and it was my turn. Gulp. But, I thought of a stratagy that I always do on Kyle. When Kyle is running towards me, I throw the ball over him and catch it after it bounces. So, I thought "why not.". And it worked! I cooked one guy and the other defender was trying to catch up, and I scored an easy layup.
And I can't even wait for tomorrow! Me and my friends might sell popsicles like we did last year, and we made around 75 - 100 dollars, and I got 20, I think. This year, whatever I get, I will split with Kyle, and we will combine our money and divide it between each other. The only bad think about going to the park is that the fireworks are pretty late. Yeah, you have to wait until it's really dark, but you don't have to wait until the sky is PITCH BLACK!!! (it starts at 10:00 PM!)
Today is the 4th of July, but we will not be watching the fireworks because tomorrow I have to catch a flight to Nevada pretty early. So, we didn't go. But, I still had a ton of fun playing with Vincent. Since he had a bunch of Nerf Guns, we had a nerf war, and I shot him a bunch, but I dodged and blocked with a squishmallow banana. Sorry! I feel so bad now.
But, I also played a chinese card game I liked. Even though I didn't understand a lot, I still had lots of fun being a spy and killing the rebels and king. It was really realistic, too! In 三国演义, There were 3 kings, and 3 warlords, but there were also a bunch of rebelious people, and there were betreyals every now and then, and so on. But it was really exciting (save for the mass killings)!