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526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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2014 Waterloo Regional
Team 254 just returned from the Waterloo Regional in Ontario, Canada. The team seeded second and went on to win the tournament and two awards while making some great new Canadian friends.
FIRST Robotics · Tournaments
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Pre-Waterloo Day 4
by Jose Moreno ’17 Machining Today several students were machining several tubes and rods to be made into multiple extra intakes. Most of today, the team focused on making a new hood extender, which is now able to reach the third bolt hold, and extends an extra inch for a new shot angle. Writing…
2014 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Pre-Waterloo Day 2
by Ford Hooper ’17 and Brendan Conaway ’17 VEX State Championships Since much of the team is busy preparing for the VEX state championships, the number of team members attending was below average today. Even so, the team was able to make critical improvements in working towards becoming prepared…
2014 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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2014 Central Valley Regional
by Jeremy Tanlimco ’15 At the Central Valley Regional First Robotics Competition (FRC), Team 254 earned an outstanding victory. Seeded first place out of 45 total teams and winning 10 out of 11 matches in qualifications, the Cheesy Poofs excelled on the field. At the final tally, we had 490 total…
FIRST Robotics · Tournaments
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Day 59: Pre-Madera T-1
by Brendan Conaway ’17 Testing Today the team did some driver training for Madera by driving around the field, scoring some goals, and practicing passing over the truss. Skystalker functioned as an opponent bot for driver practice. The air was refilled on Barrage several times and the wiring was…
2014 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day 58: Competition Homestretch
by Dan Ngo ’17 Competition Preparation Driver practice continued today in preparation for Madera, with the same format as before. One driver controlled with practice Barrage, while the other driver played defense with Skystalker. Members worked on attaching power cables to fresh batteries, to be…
2014 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Team 254 Presents: Barrage
Team 254, NASA Ames Robotics “The Cheesy Poofs”, proudly presents our 2014 robot: Barrage. Barrage will compete at the Central Valley Regional, Waterloo Regional, Silicon Valley Regional…
2014 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day 54: More Testing
by Ian Chiu and Tyler Cuff Testing At the NASA lab, the drivers have begun to practicing to operate the robot for the upcoming tournament at Waterloo. One group of students used a defensive robot to block Barrage, while the other group used Barrage to score. Construction The drive team decided to…
2014 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day 53: Rain Won’t Stop Our Excitement and Preparation for Madera
Co-Authored by Tyler Cuff and Robert Lim Testing The day began with students and the drive team practicing and troubleshooting the robot. The drive team traversed the field and practicing scoring goals as quickly as possible. After Skystalker, the surrogate opponent robot, was up and running, the…
2014 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day 52: Continuing Competition Preparation
2014 FRC Build Season
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Mentor Profile: Paul Ventimiglia
This year we have had the unique privilege of working with some new and awesome mentors. Over the next few weeks, we will be giving them the opportunity to talk about how FIRST has affected them. Name: Paul Ventimiglia College/Major: Worcester Polytechnic Institute / Liberal Arts and Engineering…
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Day 50: More Pre-Comp Preparations
Driver Practice Today, students continued to practice driving the robot on the field. Obstacles were set up on the field earlier in the day to test the new drivers’ capabilities.Later, students practiced driving with other students in the human player boundaries feeding the robot balls. Demo…
2014 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics