Due to the power outages district wide, the robotics meeting was optional, with about 30 students showing up. The prototyping teams broke up into two groups: one group has started to discuss and design a mechanism for collecting and placing hatches and another considering climbing mechanisms. Strategy for each respective competition was finished off by […]
In the final days of the prototyping challenge, teams were able to finish, test and run their prototypes. Team B ended up with a great hooded shooter mechanism. They worked to get the angles and speeds of their shooter just right, learning to communicate as a team. They had a few minor setbacks such as […]
December 15, 2018
As we finish up day three, our prototyping teams have mostly settled into their designs and are working to create their mechanisms. Team B has been working on creating a hooded shooter after investigating the success that this type of mechanism had in the FRC 2012 game. They are currently in the fabrication and assembly […]
December 12, 2018
Today we kicked off our 2018 prototyping challenge, Poseidon’s Mark. According to tradition, we split our team into four subteams competing against each other to design, prototype, and finalize a winning mechanism in a week. This year’s challenge is all about basketballs. The teams were given the task of creating a shooting mechanism to shoot 15 foam basketballs […]
December 10, 2018
Last Saturday we hosted a robotics merit badge for girl scouts in second through fifth grade, in collaboration with Troop 41593 and it was a huge success! We had 65 girls from local girl scout troops packed into our shop to learn how to design, assemble, and program simple mechanisms. The goal was for each […]
November 19, 2018