I think today was fantastic in terms of progress, as long as this many people continue to come we will be in good shape.

Tonight the arm mount was begun and is about half finished. The arm can rotate around a rod spread across the two triangles. The motor has yet to be mounted and side pieces that attached to the triangles haven't been finalized but it does look like that should be done by the end of the week.

The mini bot make progress in that it doesn't fall down the pole anymore making it that much closer to being done.

The control system was wired as well, or at least to where we need a few more parts to continue. The side panels seem to be working great in terms of accessibility to the control system.

And finally a battery box was made and mounted in the back of the bot.

The list is:
-finish mounting arm to triangle structure
-mount motor to triangle structure to drive shoulder joint
-tweak mini bot
-finish building deployment structure and mount
-fix claw pivot point
-mount claw
-build and mount actuator for claw
-build bumpers
We now have 5 meetings to get all of this done before the scrimmage and then use Friday to test to make sure things work together. I'd say it's down to the wire.