Samuel M-B
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This Thursday, we started by doing some experiments to test benefits of a crumb rubber road. We did this with a rubber car tyre and several remote control cars. We dragged the tyre across some wet tarmac and measured the amount of friction generated of the tyre. We then did the same thing on a rubberized playground surface. All this was to compare the friction generated between tarmac and surface rubberized asphalt. We then spent the rest of the morning on the project and presentation.
Samuel M-B Team Member
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On Thursday, we spent time on all aspects of the competition. In the project we invited an A Level student to talk to us about the scientific method for several experiments which we will perform. We also shared our solution to her. John has worked on revised script, which will soon ready. The robot is coming along nicely, but we still have a lot of work to do. The registration form for the Nationals has been filled in and sent off. We have only three meetings left, and unfortunately one of our members will be away for those weeks, which makes things reasonably difficult, but we are confident that we can push through the challenges.
Peter D Team Member On Thursday, we threw ourselves back into preparing for the upcoming Nationals in February. In order to increase the credibility of our solution, we decided to do some experiments which will test the rubber's resistance to fire and how it changes performance in wet conditions. We also discussed the revision of the robots missions (renamed to trips to avoid confusion with the missions as described in the Challenge document) and have added a 4th motor to the back of the robot, increasing its capabilities. We have now also created duplicates of all the frames from the Regionals to provide a backup for the Nationals. We also started changing the frames for the revised trips.
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