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526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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Pre-SVR Day 17: Hangin’ by a Thread
Today was an eventful day to say the least. The team worked hard to finish the necessary tasks before SVR including packing, calibrations, and assembly of subsystems for the competition robot. A new hanger was assembled for the comp bot as well. Programmers Programmers worked primarily on the…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Pre-SVR Day 16: Open Field
Open Field Today the lab was opened for Teams 4543 (Apollo High School) and Team 971 to use our field for calibration and driver practice, while working on bugs in preperation for SVR (where both robots will be competing). Driver Practice Today Driver Abhi Kumar, and Operators Chris Sides and…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Pre-SVR Day 15: Hanger Assembly
Hanger The highlight of today was beginning assembly of the hangers for the competition robot. We plan to finish fully assembling these soon. We are constructing 3 identical hanger assemblies so as to have one extra. Machining We also made some new parts for the level one hanger on the CNC. This…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Overkill Teaser
After the team’s dedicated fans showed us how much they wanted to see the world’s fastest 30 point hang, we showed them something special that we’ve been working on.
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Pre-SVR Day 14: Hanger Repair
Hanger While testing the hang speed late yesterday, the hanger malfunctioned. While it was on the third level hang, one of the arms bounced and did not latch, leaving the robot hanging from one arm. This torqued that arm at an angle, the belt snapped, and left other minor damages. Today, the…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Pre-SVR Day 13: Defense
After a quick driver’s practice today, a programming issue occured with the autofire shooting. With the indexer physically jamming as well as the software causing jamming while shooting, practice was stopped and efforts were put towards making sure the robot was fully functional. After the…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Pre-SVR Day 12: Regroup and Rethink
After ten minutes of driver practicing, the team still determined that one glaring problem still exists that currently precedes all others: the robot’s intake system inconsistently picks up frisbees. Intake The team technical leaders gathered to decide on a solution for the intake problem. Issues…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Pre-SVR Day 11: Intake Redesign
Intake The team is currently working on redesigning the intake to intake discs more effectively. There are multiple issues with the current iteration, such as stacking when intaking multiple discs. As of now, students are experimenting by attaching two small Banebots wheels in the front roller…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Pre-SVR Day 10:
Indexer The polycarb flap that indexes the frisbee was modified to be thicker. The indexer superstructure was changed and we reverted to old butcher knife plates to lower compression on the disc. The default state of the indexer was also changed from the bottom to the top. The team is making these…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Media Technology and Innovation Award Submitted
Thanks to the collaborative effort of many students and mentors, Team 254 finished and uploaded our submission for the Media Technology and Innovation Award. The new award, essentially replacing the website one, focuses on social media presence and the team's plan for approaching social networking.…
Awards · Graphics & Animation · Public Relations · Website
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Pre-SVR Day 9: Edgy Intake
Overkill: Tests were conducted using a knife-edged polycarbonate sheet added to the bottom of the intake tonight in order to improve the effectiveness of the intake system. New rails have been integrated into the shooter system. The tests are still underway and there have not been any conclusive…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics · Public Relations
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Pre-SVR Day 8: New Shooter
Driver Practice Today Driver Abhi Kumar and Backup Operator Jonathan Lee were able to get a lot of practice with the robot. Additionaly, Human Player Aaron Johnson was also able to practice with the drive team. New Shooter Students and Mentors began manufacturing and assembling the new shooter…
2013 FRC Build Season