2-28-09     We took 2nd place in the OKS US First Robotics Regionals Competition!!!! 2-27 and 2-28-09     Meet at school - south of fieldhouse at 745 am. Compete! 2-26-09     Meet bus south of fieldhouse at 7 am.  Ready robot for competition - get it inspected.  Drivers and shooters     practice 2-25-09     Picked up equipment for the competition 2-20-09     Phoned parents to act as chaperones of spirit squad.  Friday and Saturday covered.  Need someone     Thursday.  Emailed staff invitation and competition details. 2-19-09     Met with donor restaurant owner and  cafe staff to finalize breakfast menu and pickup details. 2-18-09     Organized tool box.  Packed up tools and spare parts.  Made transportation plans. 2-16-09     Gave staff pit pass graphics and text for plastic ID donor's gifts 2-14-09     Today we are building the shipping crate, wiring up the components to the motherboard, testing the programming,     and testing the control system.  Completed the shooting mechanism. 2-13-09  (6.5 hours)     Today we designed and built the shooting mechanism, attached the third level, and built the control platform. 2-12-09  (6.5 hours)     Arranged FedEx shipping time Tuesday the 17th from 12-2pm.  Began t-shirt fundraiser.  Completed the     second-to-third floor pulley system. 2-7-09  (13 hours)     Worked on assembly of the second-to-third floor pulley system.  Reworked the transmission. 2-5-09  (3.5 hours)     Built a springed platform for a conveyor system.  Changed from reclined to upright position.     Began assembly of the second-to-third floor pulley system. 2-2-09  (1 hour)     Contacted Don Plugges Upholstery at 1209 W Main 236-3505 for donation of upholstery material and took     material to Blair Upholstery. 1-31-09  (12 hours)     Redesigned the conveyor belt utilizing pool noodles and assembled the second floor. 1-24-09  (7 hours)     Attached all-thread to create platform for second floor, drilled holes in the second floor platform for attachment,     designed and built the first-to-second floor conveyor belt.  Passed out robotics shirts.  Affixed the wheels and     attached the v-belts to the pulleys. 1-23-09 (1.5 hours)     Picked up shirts from Skis Tees at 1014 NW 1st.  Contacted Virgil Blair Upholstery at 1732 NW 16th about     a donation of repairing a bus seat.  David Johnson's parents own a daycare and will provide free     transportation to the competition in exchange for repairing their bus seat. 1-22-09  (3.5 hours)     Assembled wheels, synthetic v-belts, remainder of transmission.  Drilled v-belt pulley for tri-wheel assembly. 1-21-09     Folllow up with Mark about shirts. 1-20-09     Follow up with Mark about shirts. 1-17-09  (7 hours)     Assembled battery box, split the motherboard into two levels.  Autozone donated 4 v-belt pulleys. 1-15-09  (2.5 hours)      Contacted Harold Graham from Jackson Middle School to be our shop supervisor/mentor.    1-12-09  (30 mins)     Spoke with Mark at Skis Tees who approved donation of robotics shirts.  Gave him the design and shirt sizes. 1-10-09  (13 hours)     Built the chassis and the transmission.  Decided on three tires per corner with circuit board in the middle. 1-9-09  (3 hours)     Finalized transmission and chassis design.  Unpacked and inventoried parts. 1-7-09  (3.5 hours)     Pow-Wow discussed transmission design.  Brainstomed 10 to 12 ideas for transmission design.  Decided on       three possible design types (#1 Forklift, #2 All-Wheel,  and #3 Tank Traction).  We chose Tank Traction. 1-3-09  (11 hours)     Attended US First Robotics Kickoff at OSU in Stillwater.  Picked up robot kit of parts. 12-12-08     Thanks to our new sponsors! Please check out their websites and help support them. If you would like to be a     sponsor as well, please contact James Stephan (Jstephan@gmail.com) for additional infromation. 12-11-08     We have now added a team picture! Click on TEAM INFORMATION to see what we look like. 12-10-08     Thanks for visiting the CAPITOL HILL ROBOTICS team webpage. We are continually updating the website so         please visit frequently and see how the progress on Pyro-Maniac is going. 10-20-08 through 11-3-08     86 percent of the class was certified in American Red Cross CPR and First Aid (AED).