Week 6 Build POVs
It's crazy thinking that this is my last build season! Week 6 means crunch time so we're all scrambling to make last minute decisions and putting the finishing touch on our robot. It's really different this year for me since I'm on Business now instead of Mechanical so the stress of putting actual items on the robot isn't as big for me. However, there's still a lot of planning and details that need to be worked out for my assignments. I can't believe my last Build Season is coming to a close. It's been an interesting one definitely but I'm glad I got to know my teammates better and gain new skills.
Minh-Chau DoanClass of 2017
This week, we have mostly worked on manufacturing parts for our second robot and making some final decisions and changes. It has been really stressful, but all the chaos is exciting at the same time. It’s strange that I'm already about to end my third build season and I can tell that I have grown so much since freshman year.
Nikita JagdishClass of 2018
Plagued with a mixture of nerves and excitement, I remember heading to kickoff at San Jose State, just six weeks ago. Now, after countless hours of trudging to school, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I want more time! After finishing driving and manual two speed transmissions code, our chassis programming group’s latest challenge is working on programming automatic two speed transmissions. We've been working on mapping the correlation between joystick values and encoder rates for driving our test robot. I’ve also been working on combining all of this season’s code into one comprehensive project, a task that has been tedious but rewarding to complete. Though it’s exhausting, the moments of success, growth, and joy that pop up during the rigor and intensity of build season are what constantly reinforce my love for robotics.
Anisha KabirClass of 2019
On week 6 of Build Season, I mainly focused on CADing the front and back camera mounts and had help from Ayusha, Becky, and our mentors. Because there was some last-minute updates about the mounting place of the camera, each of the camera mount had to be modified several times. Although we had to build several versions of each of the two different camera mounts, my skills in CADing had improved a lot, my critical thinking in designing a mount has improved, and my confidence in CADing has grown. Now that Build Season is coming to an end, I feel that the excitement is starting to lower down, but I am looking forward towards the Steamworks competition.
Michelle VanuyClass of 2020