Animation Competition

The official 2015 USA Award rules are available here!

	January 2017
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3	4	5 Kickoff preparation - CANCELED Kickoff preparation - CANCELED January 5, 2017 @ 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM See more details •	6	7 Kickoff Kickoff January 7, 2017 @ 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Herndon High School See more details Stubots prep Stubots prep January 7, 2017 @ 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM See more details • •
8 Stubots Stubots January 8, 2017 @ 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM 1 hour for set-up (9AM-10AM) 3 hours for Stubots (10-12PM; 1-2PM) Strategists can act as the Coach and test out their strategies See more details Discussion Discussion January 8, 2017 @ 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM 30 minutes – strategists spend time figuring out best strategy/strategies to present to team (1PM-1:30PM) Converse while cleaning up Stubots After, if there is time left over and you would like, you have the opportunity to play… NINJA! 1 hour – Strategists discuss with team about strategies (1:30-2:30PM) Q&A with members See more details • •	9 Brainstorming Brainstorming January 9, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - 9:30 PM Drama Room 1 hour – Subgroups break off and come up with general ideas for their groups 2 hours – Subgroups come back together and discuss their ideas ~15 minutes per subgroups This whole meeting will be spent with the team figuring out what they would like their robots to do, exactly. We should get a general idea on Sunday. See more details •	10 Prototyping/Rules Test Prototyping/Rules Test January 10, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Drama Room On Tuesday, we will have our rules test at the beginning of the meeting. If you do not pass, the second rules test will be at the beginning of the Wednesday meeting. By the end of Wednesday, we will have selected a concept idea. See more details •	11 Prototyping/Rules Test Prototyping/Rules Test January 11, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Drama Room On Tuesday, we will have our rules test at the beginning of the meeting. If you do not pass, the second rules test will be at the beginning of the Wednesday meeting. By the end of Wednesday, we will have selected a concept idea. See more details •	12 Rough CAD design and PDR prep Rough CAD design and PDR prep January 12, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Drama Room If you have not passed the rules test, the third and final rules test will be at the beginning of this meeting. See more details •	13 PDR Prep PDR Prep January 13, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM See more details •	14 PDR Presentations (Start Design) PDR Presentations (Start Design) January 14, 2017 @ 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Drama Room Status Reports from Subgroup Captains are due, as well. See more details •
15 Detailed CAD Design Detailed CAD Design January 15, 2017 - January 17, 2017 Subgroup captains + others are “locked” in a room with CAD working on a design See more details •	16 Detailed CAD Design Detailed CAD Design January 15, 2017 - January 17, 2017 Subgroup captains + others are “locked” in a room with CAD working on a design See more details •	17 Detailed CAD Design Detailed CAD Design January 15, 2017 - January 17, 2017 Subgroup captains + others are “locked” in a room with CAD working on a design See more details •	18 CDR Presentations CDR Presentations January 18, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Drama Room One CAD design will be shown during CDR, but each subgroup will present their part of the robot, their cost and weight estimate, etc. Send PO forms to Marcus to order parts, as they are due this day. See more details •	19 Begin Fabrication for Both Robots Begin Fabrication for Both Robots January 19, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Drama Room Build jigs For example, if End Effector wishes to create an arm as their mechanism, they must create a basic “frame” (with the same dimensions as the robot frame) so that they can use that model to attach the arm. By the time integration comes along, End Effector will unbolt their arm from the “frame” and attach it to the robot frame. See more details •	20 Inauguration Day Inauguration Day January 20, 2017 If parts are purchased late, then they will most likely be delivered on Friday, and we will need to provide a member’s address, as the school will not be open on Friday. See more details •	21 Fabrication Fabrication January 21, 2017 @ 8:00 AM - 1:30 PM Drama Room Status Reports from Subgroup Captains are due today. See more details •
22	23 Fabrication Fabrication January 23, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - January 27, 2017 10:00 PM Drama Room See more details •	24 Fabrication Fabrication January 23, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - January 27, 2017 10:00 PM Drama Room See more details •	25 Fabrication Fabrication January 23, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - January 27, 2017 10:00 PM Drama Room See more details •	26 Fabrication Fabrication January 23, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - January 27, 2017 10:00 PM Drama Room See more details •	27 Fabrication Fabrication January 23, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - January 27, 2017 10:00 PM Drama Room See more details •	28 Drive Bases Complete Drive Bases Complete January 28, 2017 @ 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM Drama Room The drive bases for both robots must be complete by the end of this meeting. This means that BAMF needs to have the frame and the wheels put together by then (Assuming the frame is not welded -- We will figure out the dates if it is welded.) Status Reports from Subgroup Captains are due on Saturday. See more details •
29	30 Driver Practice Driver Practice January 30, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - January 31, 2017 10:00 PM Drama Room See more details •	31 Driver Practice Driver Practice January 30, 2017 @ 6:00 PM - January 31, 2017 10:00 PM Drama Room See more details •

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