Jennifer

Day 1: May 05, 2017
Today as a team we successfully completed the ROV interview and got to get a hand to hand experience handling an already made ROV in order to get a sense/idea of how an ROV works and how it moves underwater. In addition as the photographer I took pictures of each of the different challenges so that we could upload them onto the blog under the challenge guidelines tab. Then towards the end we took a team picture so that later on we can upload it onto the blog.

Day 2: May 09, 2017
Today as a team we decided to split roles to divide and conquer. My teammate Mana and I were in charge of propellers and motors, while my other teammates were in charge of the control box and the framing of the ROV. Before we were allowed to start, we first had to learn how to solder and sauter a wire together and in addition we learned how to strip a wire. At first the task proved difficult to complete, but as we got more practice during the period it became a little easier.

Day 3: May 11, 2017
After successfully sautering a wire together, after many...many attempts:) Mana and I started building the propellers while Cindy and Beth worked on the ROV frame and the circuit board. At first Mana and I were a bit confused as to how to build the propellers, but once we watched the tutorial, the task proved to be a breeze and was pretty straight forward. Overall today was very productive, fun, and we got a lot done :)

Day 4: May 12, 2017

Today was pretty hectic, as we all spread to different ways to accomplish different parts of the ROV. Last time proved a little difficult to build the propellers, but today we finally built the three single propellers and started to connect them together. I'd say we made pretty good progress, and are in track for right now.

Day 5: May 16, 2017 
Today we focused on the teather wires and stripped and prepped the motor wires so that we could solder them together. Since there weren't any soldering irons available and the period was coming to a close, we decided that it would be best if we wait for the next class period to start soldering. In addition one of my teammates started soldering the control box and my other teammate was on the frame. Overall it was a pretty busy day, but if we keep ourselves on track I think we will fine :)

Day 6: May 18, 2017

After a very busy day today we managed to successfully sauter together the motor wires onto the teather wires and as well began to water proof the wires together so that on our next work period all we have to do is water proof everything together with just one step. After we complete that task we will be able to attach the motors to the control box and assemble them onto our ROV frame.

Day 7: May 19, 2017
Today was very hectic as we approach the end of ROV building, though its been hard getting to the point of finishing the ROV completely we managed to finish the ROV and connected the propellors to the robot and Beth finished the control box which works incredibly well. Although the road has been hard and difficult we finally finished with the ROV that move which I think is something we should be proud of.