Year 2: Attack of the First Years!

It’s a new year of OARS, and with it comes lots of new people and new projects!

Continued progress and unwelcome interference

The fourth sprint of the year was plagued by illness, ramping up classes, and…

Lots of CAD and Software Integration

Phase 4: Active Testing

Sprint 9, March 28 — April 11

What was the overall goal of this sprint?

The goal of this sprint was to continue pushing forward with CAD for Hawsepiper and…

Steady Progress

Team update

Phase 2: Off-Season Training

Sprint 3, November 8— December 6

Note: this sprint was especially long because we had a week-long break in the middle of it for Thanksgiving and it was better to maintain momentum…

Semester One is Done

Team update

Phase 2: Off-Season Training

Sprint 4, December 6 — December 18

The overall goal of this sprint was to complete a full water test of Git Boat (Our new name for Damn Yankee) and start researching and…

Welcome to 2017 — 2018

Backdated: October 9, 2017

Welcome back to the Olin Aquatic Robotic Systems blog! We’re starting off the 2017–18 school year, and we’re also starting on a new project plan! Here are the details:

Ready for Testing!

Team update

Phase 1: Damn Yankee Usability

Sprint 2, October 25 — November 8

The goal of this sprint was to finish all of Damn Yankee to get it ready for testing, and then to test it. We did not end up getting to test…

Mechanical Subteam — Year 1, Semester 2 Schedule (Spring 2018)

Here’s an overview of what Mechanical hopes to accomplish this semester!

Sprint 5

1/24–2/7

• Conclude high level design decisions

Electrical/Software Subteams — Year 1, Semester 2 Schedule (Spring 2018)

Here’s an overview of what Electrical and Software hope to accomplish this semester!

With Damn Yankee successfully revived, rechristened “Git Boat,” running on ROS, and…

Continuing with Hawsepiper

What phase and sprint are we talking about?

Phase 3: Theoretical Work

Sprint 7, February 22 — March 7

What was the overall goal of this sprint?