Alpha+ Team Updates

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 […]

Over the last year, our team has experienced an interesting fifteenth season. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, our team competed virtually. This included different skill competitions, where students used the robot to complete challenges. We submitted a Chairman’s award application, participated in the innovation challenge, as well as the game design challenge. Our team also had […]