BLACK FROG ROBOTICS Team 6134 Engineering Notebook h~ FIc FIRST° Tech ChallengeBlack Frog Robotics FTC Team 6134 Novi, MI Engineering Notebook Table of Contents “Team: Getting to know the Blick Frogs (A) Team Summary ‘Member Introductions Team Brochure Pre-Season Preparations (B) Session #1 (7/12/14) Session #2 (8/15/14) Session #3 (8/19/14) Session #4 (8/28/14) ‘Outreach (C) Howell High School Robots in the D MSC Software Autodesk. Website ‘South Lyon rookie FT¢ Team Mock judging with FLL teams 6006 and 2638 Demo at Frog Force Frenzy and Toy Drive Fanuc Robotics Demo at Novi FRC Kickoff ‘The Paw Print Interview University of Michigan Cancer Center ‘TDR Orthodonties Vector Software Engineering Dallas Industries Gleaners Food Bank Novi Meadow Science Fair [Novi Middles School Staff Presentation Consumers Energy/FTC Commercial Shoot Deerfield Elementary Science Fair Frog Force Presentation KCCI TV Interview Consumer Energy Generation Genius Project Page Ae a9 et B38 a4 85 ct c2 oa cr C13 cia cs C22 C25 C29 32 C35 C37 639 cat C45 C47 49 C51 C53 C55 C56 age toBlack Frog Robotics FTC Team 6134 Novi, MI Engineering Notebook Table of Contents Page Business Plan (D) ‘Original Business Plan Summary ba Brainstorming and Setting Goals be Letter for Sponsorship D4 Vector Can Drive D6 YTD Actual to Budget through States D7 ‘Thank You to Our Sponsors be Updated Business Plan for Super Regional D9 YTD Actual to Budget b-10 Current Sponsor Thank You bat Engineering Section (E) Engineering Section Table of Contents et (ur Engineering Process £2 age 2062Section A Team ProfilesBlack Frog Roboties FTC Team 6134 Novi, MI MEET OUR TEAM “The Black Frags are a team of eleven 7 and 8" grade Novi Middle ‘School srestats, We hove 4 returning team members from last year and 7 roots FTC sce sers. The mojrity of us have perveipated on FLL teams in he previous years, We work great together asa team and have oreas of focus such as Yragramming, chassis, game spec, and strategy. When not b4Sy with Black Frog Preetinge we are also involved in mary other activities such os oe volleyball, ee i etbxll, ond eros country. We have 2 mentors from the Novi High ses PRC team Frog Force and we appreciate their guidance throughout ‘the season.AlexMoore Jam 14 years old and | am in 8" grade at Novi Middle School | was on the FLL team Techno Tadpoles for two years. | play percussion in the middle schuul band and enjoy gaming online with my friends. This year I've leamed to use some of my dad's power tools to make props from popular video games including a retractable dagger from ‘Assassin's Creed. | joined FTC to get ready for the high school FRC team! i Ankith Udupa My name is Ankith Udupa, I'm 12 years old, and currently a seventh grader at Novi Middle school. | play the violin for the school Orchestra and also part of the cross country team. | also play the guitar, piano and tennis. For the past two years | have been part of the FLL team called "Techno Tadpoles”. This is my first year 8 part of the FTC team, Rlack Frogs. | enjoy participating in FIRST challenges because it gives me opportunity to work in a team on real world problems involving science, engineering, and programing. Overall, | am excited and ready to partake in FTC!Anne George 1am 13 years old. I'm in 8” grade and | go to Novi Middle School. | had done FLL for 2 years and this is my 2" year in FTC. Outside of school | play volleyball and soccer. | am in the choir and | love music, Arnav Talukder 1am 13 years old and in 8th grade. | go to Novi Middle School. | play the violin and the piano. Thie is my second year on the Black Frogs. | find it interesting and fun to develop a solution to each year's challenge. Also my favorite animal is a Pig,Arun Kammanadiminti I'm 43 years old, and I'm in 8th grade. | go to Novi Middle School. | play the alto saxophone. | like tinkering with things | find. I’ m Karate black belt and 'm interested in FTC because | want to ‘excel in building from FLL's Legos to FTCs Tetrix parts. As you probably noticed, my last name is very long. Leon Chen Jam 13 years old. | am in the 8th grade at Novi Middle School. | used to play for Vardar South, a champion soccer team, and | enjoy playing the piano and violin. | have not had much robotics experience, however, my passion for computer programming and mechanical engineering has brought me here. F enjoy FTC because | am able to utilize my skills while working with others to achieve success.Nishtha Kakar Jam 12 years old. | am in 7" grade and | go to the Novi Middle School. | was fon the FLL team The Techno Tad Poles for the past 2 years. My favorite sport is volleyball. | enjoying singing and | take part in the school Choir. | love to build and design which is what | enjoy about FTC. | look forward to the great season ahead! Saketh Addanki I'm 12 years old and attend Novi Middle ‘School in the 7th grade. | was on the FLL team Rapid Robots for 2 years. Outside of school and robotics | like to play tennis and watch a wide array of sports. | am very excited about this year because its my first year in FTC and | really enjoyed FLL.Serdar Karahann [am 13 and in &” grade at the Novi Middle School | was introduced to First Robotics by my frend Arav and have loved it ever since. My favorite part of Robotics is the competitions because we get to compete with our robot. Outside of Robotics | play basketball for the Novi Wildcats. This is my 2" year of FTC and I'm excited for the season to start! Sydney Grassmyer Lam an 8th grader at Novi Middle Schoo! and | am 13 years old. | was on the FLL team Techno Tadpoles last year. | enjoy playing sports such as soccer, volleyball and | enjoy to ski. | am glad | am on FTC because | like to fix and work with the robot.Vinay Panyam lam 12 years old, and I'm a7" grader at Novi Middle School. | was on the FLL team the Techno Tadpoles for 3 years. | like to program and build. | like FTC because it really improves your thinking skills.Vinay Panyam am 12 years old, and I'm a7" grader at Novi Middle School. | was on the FLL team the Techno Tadpoles for 3 years. | like to program and build. | like FTC because it really improves your thinking skill,COACHES Hari Addan! This is my first year of coaching an FTC team. | primarily focus on the mechanical aspects of the robot for the team "Black Frogs". I have a B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering from Mississippi State University. 1 work for Ford Motor Company engineering battery packs for electric vehicles. | enjoy spending time with my family and volunteering, K Kammanadiminti | am with Ford Motor Company IT, where I have been for the past eight years and 20+ years of IT experience. | have a BS in Electronics, MS in Computer Science and hold an MBA from the University of Chicago. | coach the Black Frogs on programming the robot. This is my second year as a coach on FTC. Besides coaching on robotics, 1 enjoy woodworking, travel and spending time with my family. AsCAD: For our CAD, we used the software ‘Autodesk. We took publically available CAD files for some standard parts such as the Samantha and NXT and we also created some of our own such as the bucket and scissor lift. After we finished the robot, we decided to i. We made a 1 minute video with what we could constrain. The animation can be ‘viewed at our pit. We also won an EKOCYCLE 3D printer which we have used to manufacture some of our robot ‘components. by Thank you to Black Frog Robotics all of our FTC Team 6134 sponsors! Novi, MI ip) FOUNDATION

MSC A Software hupifblackfrogrobotics. weebly.com/Our Team ‘The Black Frogs are a team of eleven 7 and 8" grade Novi Middle Schoo! students, We have 4 retuming team ‘members from last year and 7 rookie FTC. team members. The majority of us have participated on FLL teams in the previous ‘years. We work great together as a team ‘and have areas of focus such as. programming, chassis, game spec, and strategy. We have 2 mentors from the igh School FRC team Frog Force ‘and we appreciate their guidance throughout the season. We find the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) program to be helpful to us in the ‘ollowing ways: ‘Strategy Development — how to score points, defend, ete Planning Problem Solving Time Managernent cation of Math, Science and Physics in robot bud and design innovation Developing leadership ‘Communication and Public Speaking ‘+ Respect for other ideas in design + CAD/30 Printing Our Robot “The Black Frog robot is made of mostly standard Tetrix® kit parts and Lego® Mindstorms® kit pats; we also have ‘some custom made parts. We used our itcan drag around the rolling goals. We started our robot design by using NASA’s design process for kids. We began by analyzing the game, brainstorming design ideas, selected a design, prototyped t, evaluated and several ideas and solutions to the task at hand. We have learned throughout our season by discussing the problems that we have faced to improve on our Tobot. Some examples of prototypes. lit design Gracious Professionalism We had several opportunities this season to promote FTC and FIRST, help the community and work with profesional. baseball game and gave a demo our robot fo about 40,000 people + We dela Toys for Tot drive gathering toys for tore than 70 chilsren + We mace cookies and blankets for cancer + We presente to MSC sofware and leamed abou tre prosucts + We presented to Autodesk and dscussed our Use of CAD and they gave us some tps ‘+ Wie vised local dentists anc saw how they used robots We organized can dives with Vector SoftwareOur Team The Black Frogs are a team of eleven 7” and 8" grade Novi Middle Schoo! students, We have 4 team members. The Participated on FLL years. We work great together as a team and have areas of focus such as programming, chassis, game spec, and strategy. We have 2 mentors from the Novi High School FRC team Frog Force ‘and we appreciate their guidance throughout the season. We find the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) program to be helpful o us in the following ways: ‘+ Stategy Development ~ howto score 1 Respect for other ideas in design + CAD/ 30 Printing Our Robot The Black Frog robot is made of mostly standard Tetrix® kitparts and Lego® Mindstorms® kit pats; we also have NASA's design process for kids. We ‘began by analyzing the game, brainstorming design ideas, selected a design, prototyped f, evaluated and at hand, We have leamed throughout ‘our season by discussing the problems ‘sweeper and use of surgical tubing in lift design, Gracious Professiol We had several opportunit promote FTC and FIRST, ‘community and work with For outreach: 2 We were lovedFTC Team 6134: Team Summary ‘We are the Back Frogs, eam 6134, fom Novi Michigan, Seven of our leven teammates ee eight gders ad he ober our re event graders, Weal goto Novi Midale School. We have eight boys and three girs. We are proud members othe FIRST family and won the INSPIRE award at the Michigan State Championship, We all lve the spr of FIRST and apply strategie, problem solving, organizational and team building sil beyond Robots in our pursuit of knowlege inte area of STEM. Fel fe to check ou Cur profiles sting BEMIS in the engineering notebook Atthe star of the season we organized our ideas into several matrices and used NASA's engineering processes {developed for kids to design and test our obot. In autonomous we originally only kicked the kickstand down. [Now as we enter the super regional competition we have dared to do what we originally thought was impossible bby scoring inthe center goal inthe autonomous stage. Inteleop we drag the ninety centimeter rolling goal to the parking zone with our newly designed hooks and we score init several times, Then we score four balls inthe {enter goal daring end game before pushing a ralling pal up the amp. Details abou our design poses can be found inthe engncering netbook on gE St apa) To esgn our obet we used a Pugh Matrix an NASA‘s Design proces. On our cassis we use ask wheel design fora smaller vadus a tum. Weave four omi-wheis for eter ung and wo fel wheel nthe centr for prtecton fom beng pushed aroun, Our robo seared insuch away that neo oud maton fil two fspond and wil not be problem. Wels cn dive without two of our wheels We can push 40 pounds and driv at litle overa mile or hou We were able to prove this on te eld by pushing ouralince parte pth ranp during our esol competition For ovr game spec we bua bucket with holes and 3D Frit bl guide to ick up alls and put them in our mping mechanism which son he sesso it The SEissor lit is powered by lead sre. We aed ods to make it more sable and spins to lp aise. When te each our desired height we can rekeae the ball fom our rity powered dropping mechan wih uiding cup sim del note tube Forte hoa we sed two servos ety ata fo wo ods, More ‘pects acon RESETS HERS EESQSERSOUEESHARGEN nour enginccrng notebook, ‘To program our robot we used robot C. In autonomous we used special variables such as Counts per Inch and Counts per Degree to accurately and easily program the robot in terms of standard measurements. We also used IR measurements to program different movements in autonomous. In teleop our goal was to program the controller to make driving easy for the drivers. We used the 3D CAD software Autodesk Inventor to model our pee iphone r note on ET and E28 veh E30, Outreach i also extremely important to us. We went to demo in front of 40,000 people at Comerica Park fora Detroit Tigers MLB baseball game. We demoed at two school science fait to introduce kids in our community to robotics and FIRST. We shared our robot with several companies to teach them about FIRST and learn about engineering in our community. We helped a FTC team get started and coached two rookie FLL teams on what to expect at competition. We presented at our middle school staff meeting where we encouraged the inclusion of FIRST robotics within the STEM curriculum, We supported our FLL and FRC teams by demoing at our FLL ‘qualifier and FRC kick off events. We were even invited by FIRST in Michigan to represent FTC in an Upcoming Consumer Energy Comme pomoring “Ge Eerey-Gut Stem” iglights om ou season an te found on FESS MTCMEINCSITAIOR 6 the engineering notebook For our business plan, we looked at our past year expenses and ereated this year’s budget. We determined how ‘we could reuse materials from last year to lower our expenses. Our major expenses were primarily o build the robot, To raise funds, we reached out to local businesses such as Dallas Industries and large corporations like Ford motor company. We also organized several fund raisers ineluding California Pizza Kitchen and can drives fxr cin poss Alo ine ad exes rrp nan xe sett an ego the team during our epular mestings and shared wing our Google dive Our wpa business plan team budget scale GBB) and sponsors GERM can be Tound inthe engincering notebookSection B Pre-Season PreparationsFTC #6134 Black Frogs sessions | attendees: Whole Téam tocation: Arms House. pate: July (2 | One. oF fe Pest meetings ond ve ol | docu the cobot end other shah. We looked at OTe od weabers expend he | He cabot fom) ass, of our robot ond gre sft ‘DOIB-201+ yese. items, | es PERE RIG be can whee Ye aha | Gl BD eal Robobes Tear, Fy os Jovi [Fest Piles co |) Pe aalk > cabot fe pilch Be. fish | aay 3 q pith at Deboid Tigers ||FTC #6134 Black Frogs session# | pate: July 12 Task Reflect Vee talked about | Apna volvatee b wih. 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L os em Awe Crecvge 77 - 00 the witertn| C-A4Volume ese 5 ‘The Paw Print Februay 5, 2015 Clubs & Activities ssunt he Table of Content) Outstanding orchestra performs at MMC Bye desioa Pad ‘On Tanuary 22 and 23, te eightt grade orchestra stents Went othe Michigan Music Conference (MMC) in Cand Rapid. tthe conference, h stents performed several songs, which ean example fr other schoos to Follow Las year, the orchestareceivedall ones on thet MSBOA festival performance, qualifying forthe conference. “Thon, th pe oftheir performance was seat in othe people who selected the performers for MMC. ia Ras the NMS orchesr teacher, was ned last June tha the ochesra was accepted to play athe confrence. Since then, the chest hasbeen hard at work lering their new songs and performing them in various "The ioe orchestra was exciteto go to this conference. twas a once ina lifetime expeiene sine ou eighth grade ersra wes the only middle schoo] orhesta nthe tat o be accepted into such a prestigious conference. However, he conference was nt al just hard work fr the students. vas a chance fr the student to have fon with ends and lear new echnigaes on their instruments, ‘One orchestra student commented I was rly a once in ifeime experience an ad oto fin!” enjoyed the experience and got to mis schoo, although twas stesfl figuring out when T woud eatch Up onal ofthe work ad tests hat mise," another stadt sad This experience has definitly shown tha the Novi Middle School orchestra is a ole model orchestra for ote ‘nial shoo orchestra crocs the stat look up especialy considering that many members ofthe orchest, have only been playing for tre or fur years 21" Century robotics ‘By Dhivyashree Senthil Murugan “The idea of technology has rel found its tre potent in the 21 century, and its sill evolving, People are ‘working on developing that int ality o this day, Robotics is even a stp further, really big steps but i regis vat thinking. FIRST is very enowned inthis impressive development. FIRST stands for Fr Inspiration and Revogniion ‘of Science and Technology. It isan interational organization that combines mide school and high school fodens in the world of robotics they come together to compete in obote competitions was founded in 1989 and bogsn in 1992. 1/4 of amillion youngsters wee involved ever since. The high schoo students compete against other cams from othe location, just ike the middle schoo team. Their mission i to inspire Soume people into becoming. future leaders of science and technology. The organization has levels of robots 2Ghnetons according tote ae ofthe competitors. The awards go by the type of competition that staking pisos (regional, distr competion, championships, ee.) The FTC is curently the mnidle school level of Empettion It stands for FIRST Tech Challenge The level has teams from diferent locations The Novi ‘Middle School tam-the Black Frogs-vere inerviewed to tak more about this hands-on activity that most of you are probably not aware of “The Black Frows built their fist bot and it was 18 inches all They were recognized out of 60-100 other teams because they won the Ist lace “Inspirational award." Tey also won Ist place in the Regionals ‘Tounament out of 100 other tems. The members sid tha they got their name to go with the fog theme of the Nov high sehool robotics team: Frog Force. 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We brainstormed fundraisina ideas and figured out different ways and the amounts of how much we would need to cover our ‘expanses. We came up with the following figures. BUDGET Bu joceT Fund Raising ‘Team registration 27500 cans 500.00 Robot ¢ 99.00 ork 100.00 Robot supplies 24,000.00 Sponsors 1,000.00 Field kit supplies 500.00 Sticker Sale 100.00 Mise supplies 300.00 Total T7000 Mise Tools 300.00 retures 20.00 Family Dues: $1,100 Tshis 225.00 Regional 150.00 Total Income 2,800.00 Total Expense 2,469.00 ‘Our fundraising sources are: ‘+ Sponsor donations oF Vector Engineering is a company in Novi, Ml. They help us by ‘contributing their pop bottles/cans. They call us about once a month to pick them up. © Orthodontist Tyler Dumas and Reyes provide state of the art ‘orthocontic treatment, which includes use of robotic technology. MSC Software makes products that enable engineers to validate ‘and optimize their design using virtual prototypes. They were impressed by our demonstration and are keenly interested in our project. co. Dentist Dr. Zelin is a dentist specializing in child dentistry and deeply interested and facinated by robotics. + Activity Fundraiser ~ ‘0 Novi Robotics Window Stickers — We created Novi Robotic stickers fo promote robotics and raise funds for our team. It cost us ‘$1 tomake the stickers, and our plan is to sell them for $5,FTC #6134 Black Frogs session # | attendees: Fu/{ Jeon, tocation: Arma S house pate 4/7/14 | Furararsing ideas. | | ANd Maye ow goal. | | ee | pecide hyo | We decides fo prawnstor my ANE. Pig AIAEA FFEXTS | enoch heed wae we upaine mest OM | | we wil spend | ear oder: tne a ones Ww | ne RONG ir OF ea iskfaton, | Anis 520500, [MES rue, ER SP ertatn , |__| deuce: “nor Se ad Boot . 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(Recorded Wetha Kekar‘Dear Mr, John Janevie and Mr. Tom Downey, “Thank you for allowing uso visit MSC Nastran office and taking the time to understand our roboties program, We also eceived and truly enjoyed the Mars Video lik and CAD simulation link from Mr. John. “The Black Frogs is a middle school roboties team that participates in FTC (First ‘Tech Challenge) “The goal of FTC is to enecurage middle school chien to take part in and be exposed to Science, ‘Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) related tivities. Teams work together to build a robot to perform the specified tasks while spreading the word about robotic, learning about teamwork, taking pat in various competitions, and displaying gracious professionalism. Last week we received ou: challenge (se attached link- bjsfan). OOF season has started and weare working on multiple tasks, We have also started to reach out for sponsorships I'yow are interested in becoming our sponsors, we have three levels of sponsorship based on individual budget, We kindly request you to consider helping us with your generous donation Level 1- $100, eludes company logo on our website and brochure. Level 2- $250, Includes all the above and logo on our Robot and T-shirt Level 3- $500 oF more Insludes all the above and company logo on the banner in our pit during the competition. ‘All donations so to Novi Educational Foundation and are tx exempt pet IRS ules. 1 you are interested in becoming our sponsor, please contact Janelle Moore at jmoore| wml. “Thank you. Respectfully, ‘The Black Frogs Roboties Tear pul lakfrogrobati wl. com DsFTC #6134 Black Frogs session # 3 Attendees: [Snltne Tm pate: | (-\0~ (4 Location? 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We tae rece tauatsing Ideas and figured out diferent ways and the amounts of how much we would need to ‘cover our expenses, We came up wih the following gues. iTeMs BUDGET ITEMS BUDGET Fund Raising Food Donation -50.00 ‘Team Registration 275.00 Cans Drive 100.00 Robot C 9.00 Cans 750.00 Robot Supplies 1,200.00 Pk 400.00 Field Kit Supplies 500.00 Sponsors. 4400.00 Mise Supplies 120.00 Sticker Sale 100.00, Mise Tools 100.00 Total $5,200.00 Pictures 25.00 Tshirts 425.00 Mise 600.00 Regional 150.00 state 100.00 ‘Super Regional 500,00, Team Fun 200.00, Total Income $5200.00 ‘Total Expenses $4298.00 ‘our fundraising sources ar: +" sponsor donations - eas Industrie is engaged in stamping an fering operations wth precision press feed and tal handing systems for 80 years. © Ford Motor Company, Frog Force. theNow High School Robotic Team. 2 Hi atite MDE Grant awarded fous ae a rel of being selected to advance tothe North Supe Regional + an Drive and Collection ~ Gan de to be undotakon inthe nighrhood 3 Mectorte an ongoing relationship which donates cans every few weoks Team Detroit and oer such industiies approaches + Food Donation = e erttco and Same are warehouse Chbs that give donations in frm of cash cards or Kindo ‘organizations engaged in STEM, (Our potential expense are: TRobot Sapplice-We expec to incur more expense in this area as we plan to prototype new Kas. ‘Tshirts wil have tobe redone to include new sponsors Miscellaneous Expenes to provide for eome fun items inthe dopey area. ‘Travel and Expenses at lowa wil need tobe covered by additonal sponsors. ‘Team Fun and spit bulding actives will ned adstonal inde.Thank you to our Sponsors uh a eT Ease eros Parents MSC A Software ‘Simulating Reality, Delivering Certainty” AUTODESK NANCY A. ZELLIN, DDS INVENTORBLACK FROG ROBOTICS- Team 6134 BUSINESS PLAN as ot ostarzo1s When we were selected to advance to the Super Regional Competition in lowa we realized that we ‘would run into large sums of expenses and nee fof money, We brainstormed funraising ideas ant ‘much we would need to cover our expenses, ‘We came up with the following figures. iems BUDGET imems Fund Raising Food Donation 150.00 Team Registration Neighborhood Can Drive 100.00 Robot Cans from Vector Eng, 1750.00, Robot Sup PK 100.00 Field Kit Supplies Sponsors 4,000.00 Misc Supplies Sticker Sale 100.00, Mise Tools Total $5,200.00, Pictures Tshirts Parent Contribution $4,600 Mise Regional state Super Regional Travel and Expenses at lowa ‘Team Fun, Total income "$5,800.00 Total Expenses Courfundaisng sources are = Sponsor donations - Dallas Indust systems fr 50 yer © Ford Motor Company © Frog Fever, the Now High School FRE Mi State MDE Grant awarded tous asa rest of + Can Drive and Collection ~ Gan drive tobe undertaken inthe ne 1 Team ighbornood Sector is an ongoirg elatonshipwhien donates cans every few weeks +Food Donations — ream Detroit and ener such industries approaches ded to make a tremendous amount of effort to raise a lot 1d figured out different ways and the amounts of how 275.00 99.00 2,200.00 500.00 12000 100.00 25.00 425.00 600.00, 150.00 100.00 500.00, 5,500.00 "200.00 $9794.00 engaged in stamping and forming operations wih precision press feed and coll handling beng selected to advance tothe North Super Regional ona orttco and Sam's are warehouse Clubs that give donations in form of eash cars organizations engaged in STEM, ‘Our potential expenses are: oe Robot Supplive.ive expect to nour more expense in his area as we plan to prototype new ideas Miscellaneous Exponst ‘Tshirts wil have tobe redoneto include new sponsors fo pode for some fun its inthe pit area. ‘Travel and Expenses at lowavil reed tobe covered by adsitonal sponsors ‘Team Fun and spit building axes will ned adtiona fundsBLACK FROG ROBOTICS- Team 6134 TEAM BUDGET AND ACTUALS as of 04-10-15, ies ITEMS BUDGET ACTUALS Fund Raising Food Donation 150.00 75.00 Registration 275.00 275.00 Neighborhood Regional 450.00 150.00 can Drive 100.00 106.90 state 100.00 100.00 Super Cans from Vector 816.20 Regional 500.00 $00.00 Pk 146.89 Worlds 1,000.00 Sponsors Robot © 9900 79.00 Robot Dumas 8Reyes 500.00 Supplies 1,200.00 1,856.58 Dallas 500.00 Field Kit ‘500,00 $52.70 Frog Force 500.00 Mise Supplies 120.00 173.82 Ford Motor Co 800.00 Mise Tools 100.00 : Mi State Grant Pictures 25.00 23:50 others 350.00 Tshirts 425.00 406.28 Sticker Sale 100.0¢__145.00, Mise 600.00 502.08 Total $5,200.00 $3,939.99 Parent Contribution $2,200 Team Fun 200.00 219.38 Total Total income $5,200.00 $6,139.99 Expenses $4,298.00 $5,338 (asic Reflection "To Compare Actual to Budget ‘© Weare waiting for Ml State Grant ‘of $2150 to cover the registeration and reimburse the parent contribution. © Our can drive initiative was sucessful despite bad weather! ‘9 Wewere able to collect addition cans from Vector Engineering and ‘Team Detroit. ‘© Ourrobot expenses were higher than expected because we bought ‘extra supplies to prototype new ideas.aaa a1vs71OHMN saa ‘NIT13Z ‘V ADNVN YOLNGANI a ys3ad0LNV o squealed oe Japan Y sETHO) BOUs4eHIC] SOE FUL suosuods uno of noA yuoy, Auyeyeg Guvanjeg ‘Ayresy Buneinuis a1eM}j0s X ISINSection E EngineeringBlack Frog Robotics FTC Team 6134 Engineering Notebook Engineering Section (E) Table of Contents Requirements (0) Session #1 9/7/14) Session #3 (9/14/14) Session #4 (9/18/14) Sterling Heights Qualifier (11/15/24) ‘Session #25 (11/16/14) Livonia Qualifier (12/6/14) ‘Session #32 (12/7/18) ‘ichigon State Charmpiorship (1/10/15) ‘Session #43 (W/11/15) ‘North Super Regional Championship (3/26/15) ‘Seasion #63 (3/30/15) Benchmarking (6) ‘Session ##7 (10/5/14) Session #19 (1/1/14) P Diagram Noise Factors (c) ‘Session #18 (10/30/14) Session #32 (12/7/14) Feilire Modes Analysis (4) ‘Session #20 (11/2/14) Sesion #28 (11/23/14) ‘system Design (@) Session #6 (9/25/14) compunent Design ‘Session #5 (9/21/14) “Session #6 (9/25/14) ‘Session #7 (10/5/14) ‘Session #8 (10/9/14) Session #9 (10/11/14) ‘session #10 (10/12/18) Session #13 (10/19/14) ‘Seesion #17 (10/29/14) Session #19 (1/1/14) ‘Session #20 (1/2/14) Page Eot Eat ceo Eot2 Eons cot? Eot9 Foi Eo24 0-25 E028 eb 3 ket Eee eat ces cetBlack Frog Robotics FTC Team 6134 Engineering Notebook Engineering Section (E) Table of Contents Page Component Design (1) ‘Session #126 (11/20/14) eF37 ‘Session #33 (12/11/14) e329 Session #34 (12/13/14) ef-40 Session #35 (2/14/18) eft ‘Session #36 (12/16/14) eF-45 ‘Session #39 (12/20/14) EF-46 ‘Session #41 (12/31/14) eF-48 Session #44 (1/15/15) eft ‘Session #45 (1/18/15) co ‘Session #449 (2/5/15) EF-56 Session #62 (2/8/15) eF-58 ‘Session #58 (3/5/15) ef-60 ‘Session #860 (3/8/15) eft Electrical System (@) Session #21 (17/14) Egt ‘Session #48 (1/25/15) kez can th) ‘Session #12 (10/18/14 ent ‘Session #13 (10/19/14) Era Session #16 (10/26/14) Ena ‘Session #40 (12/24/14) eS CAD Pletures Eno Session #44 (1/15/15) Eh-tt ‘Session ##56 (2/22/15) Enea Updated CAD Pictures ens Robot Assembly Strategy () Session #2 (11/10/14) Software Programming Strategy ()) ‘Session #2 (9/10/14) ej ‘Session #9 (10/11/14) ee Session #10 (10/12/14) &3 ‘Session #11 (10/16/14) Ei ‘Session #12 (10/18/14) e9 ‘Sezsion #13 (10/19/18) E10 Page 2 of 3Black Frog Robotics FTC Team 6134 Engineering Notebook Engineering Section (E) Table of Contents Page Software Programming Strategy (i) ‘Session #414 (10/20/14) jan ‘Session #15 (10/23/14) ey ‘Session #16 (10/26/14) cps Sezcion #18 (10/30/18) E}16 Session #22 (1/10/14) eja7 Session #29 (11/26/18) ej8 ‘Session #30 (1/29/14) eH9 ‘Session #38 (12/18/14) 20 Sezcion #39 (12/20/14) eat ‘Session #44 (1/15/15) e.22 Session #49 (2/5/15) &.23 ‘Session #50 (2/6/15) p24 ‘Session #51 (2/7/15) 25 ‘Session #52(2/8/15) Ep26 ‘Session #53 (2/11/15) 27 Session #56 (2/22/15) e.28 ‘Sample Programs eat Session #65 (4/10/15) 43 ‘Sezsion #66 (4/11/15) Epa ‘Session 867 (4/12/15) E45 Design Validation () Session #23 (1/11/14) kt ‘Test Results () Session #15 (10/23/14) eu ‘Session #19 (1/1/14) eM Session #21 (1/7/14) eu ‘Session #22 (1/10/14) ay. 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