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Name: Nic Hoza
Member since: 2002-09-20 04:23:16
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Homepage: http://www.teamprodigies.com

Notes: I build small robots that wander my house, create neural networks cabable of 3D object recognition, and make autonomous ground vehicles capable of traversing hundreds of miles of desert.

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25 Feb 2007 »

February 24th, 2007

After spending about 8 hours on a calculus take home exam I put the last two motors on the frame. This included drilling, grinding, and welding the motor mounts, bolting the motors on, and then spray painting them with Ace Rust Off.

As usual, I posted a picture at TeamProdigies.com.

24 Feb 2007 »

February 23rd, 2007

Last couple days I spray painted the new frame, welded nuts for the A-arms, bolted the A-arms up with washers and bearing grease, and cut the metal for the motor mounts.

Pictures at http://www.teamprodigies.com/?pictures? 2007/Feb

20 Feb 2007 (updated 23 Feb 2007 at 22:04 UTC) »

February 19th, 2007

The story of a day in pictures

19 Feb 2007 »

February 18th, 2007

I welded the A-arms for the rear of the car. I have no school this week (except for calculus II on Wednesday) because it's mid-winter break, so I should have some time to get some stuff done.

I put up a picture at http://www.teamprodigies.com/?pictures? 2007/Feb

11 Feb 2007 »

February 10th, 2007

A week or so ago I welded the frame of the back of the car, as you can see in the picture (the I-shaped structure next to the identical front of the car). The ends of the "I" - which the A-Arms connect to, had bent inwards when they had been welded to, decreasing the distance by almost a quarter of an inch on each of the four corners. I fixed this in the only way I could think of, pounding them as hard as I could with a monkey wrench. I then ground down the metal that rotates with the A-Arms (and fits between the ends of the I) to fit just right. I also went to Home Depot to get some more tubing for bushings, and some more supplies. I got new pins for the axles, but they did not fit, and neither Home Depot nor NAPA Auto Supplies had the nylon washers or ratchet adapters I needed.

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