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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]