Tank

The robotic tank we are building is going rather smoothly so far. It has taken a lot more time than expected, but it is working out pretty well. One major problem, however, is the compatiblity of the motors with the system we have. Apparently they are not working, so hopefully that will be figured out. My main job, however, is to work on the chasis. This is going rather well. we have a basic design where the treads each have a piece of aluminium molding to screw into. They will eventually be connected by the aluminum sheet that we obtained. This will be able to hold all the electronic things. One problem we incountered was stablizing the drive shafts that are not connected to the motor. however, we figured out that the best way to do this would be most likely to create one large drive shaft to be able to go through both side drive wheels. This has not beem tested, yet so far it seems as though it is going to work rather well . The time given to complete this project is slightly shorter than what I think is necessaryr. The lab period should be extended so that there is more time every day to work on the project. We plan on finishing it hope this weekend (hopefully by friday).