Monthly Archives: December 2013

Week 13 Journal

Another week of work and I can see things coming together. The majority of the time is spent sanding and gluing; however this part takes a while because the sanding has to be precise and the glue has to dry. … Continue reading

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Week 14 Journal

This week is the big push… although we have accomplished a lot, it appears to be bags of loose parts. however our project is taking shape and looking good. Now that the guts are in and most of the moving … Continue reading

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Final Journal Entry (DIY Instruction Manual for Hell Rabbit) (Final Draft)

Project: Hell Rabbit Team Members: Irene Iarochevitch Jorge Lara John Moya Frank Mason Team Member Roles: Irene Iarochevitch: As the more experienced in the wonderful field of Arduino (both in a hardware and programming capacity), she helmed most of the … Continue reading

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Week 16 Posting Tech News “Google acquires Boston Dynamics Robotics Lab” by J Lara

Unprecedented news, in a one shot deal Google buys out a total of eight robotics lab. What happened? did they feel threatened by Amazon Prime Air, or are they trying to seize momentum? It’s getting very scary, these companies with … Continue reading

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Week 15 Journal entry by J lara

All systems are go now, we tested all the functionality of the bunny, sound was loud and it played randomly, like she wanted it, perhaps too loud. The PIR sensor responded accordingly to movement at a considerable distance, and the … Continue reading

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Week 14 Journal entry by J Lara

We worked in installing the servos into the bunny’s head to make the ears flap when the servos are actuated. I had to use cardboard and tie both servos to a housing I cut out of cardboard. I tied both … Continue reading

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Week 13 Journal by J Lara

So I went to Radio Shack and bought a PIR Sensor, and we tested it during class. Yaro and myself felt good about this sensor, much better than the IR. She had ordered one the week after so know she … Continue reading

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Week 12 Journal Entry by J Lara

This week Frank worked on perfecting one of the codes for the RGB LED light set up. I went and bought a different type of motion sensor, we have been using a Infrared sensor and the values are hard to … Continue reading

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Week 14- We Did It!…..oh wait……………….dam…….

we thought we could recover. we thought we could come back from destruction. it was back on the up and up. then in went downhill again.*sigh* but we can turn this around. we can make it better, faster, stronger….. ok … Continue reading

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In The Land of The Blind………..[Journal Week 14]

The sickly-sweet smell of solder, thin wisps of smoke wafting in the air. The drip-drip-drip of sweat, slowly pouring over unkempt brows furrowed deep in consternation. The dull thud of metal on wood. Ka-thunk. Ka-thunk. Pffft. An arsewhisper laid skillfully, … Continue reading

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