So here we are again, at the end of the week with plenty of beans to spill. Our week ended with much excitement and anticipation for a built robot. During the week, we began CNCing parts, but ran into some technical difficulties. On Friday, we worked primarily on troubleshooting those issues and eventually worked out …
One month done! Spirits on the team have been high despite circumstances that have temporarily slowed us down. Design and build continue to work hand in hand on CADing our robot, they have approximately 90% done and we all look forward to building. Design is also working diligently on designing our launcher turret as well …
Another week done! The third week of build season brought us closer to competition. This week the build team worked on designing the robot fully in CAD, allowing us to have all of our design plans completed. We finalized the designs for the intake, launcher, and chassis perimeter prototypes.The mock hanger was finished this week, …
Today marks the end of our second week of build season. The team has been working diligently these last seven days to prepare ourselves for competition. After receiving our new Falcon motors, we replaced the Neos in our swerve drive to make it more powerful. We researched the best way to wire our new encoders …
After this year’s game, Rapid React, was revealed last Saturday, our team has experienced a thrilling first week. We got started right away brainstorming different ways to take on the challenges of the game. Our build and electrical teams got the flat bot put together and ready for the programming team to work with. The …
At the beginning of Week 10, we completed building our robot and we were finally allowing the programmers some much-awaited bot time. We were preparing to leave for our Idaho Regional in two weeks, but, due to the sudden outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, FIRST canceled all regional events as well as the Worlds Competitions. …
Week seven has concluded. Our electrical team has continued wiring our belly pan. Our build team has figured out how to stop the power cells from flowing freely. The build and design team have worked on the floor intake, and finished the ball holder flaps. The build team also worked on the bumper base, and …
Projects from week one have continued into week two. Programmers have swerve-drive running. Electrical has been working on mock-ups for the launcher as well as swerve-drive. Thursday, the team built our 4 swerve-drive transmissions. Our build team has been continuously working on the mock-up for our intake method, while also working with the design team …