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526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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Driving Practice and Lights
The main focus of build today was to iterate the shooter index mechanism to improve consistency. Many other projects were run on the side including pit lights, Social Media award, Chairman's award, and the Bill of Materials. Design Students designed a new robot stand on Solidworks. They fixed the…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Build Season Recipes: Week 7
After a pre-ship weekend devoid of baking due to lack of time, we feasted on these the weekend after ship. Their comforting home-style goodness helped assuage our sorrow at the underwhelming performance of most of the robot's subsystems thus far. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies 7/8 cup butter 3/4…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Build Season Recipes: Week 5
This recipe is a couple of weeks late in posting, but these cookies fuelled our manufacturing and assembly activities at the end of Week 5. Chocolate Sugar Cookies 3 squares unsweetened chocolate 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1 egg 1 tsp. vanilla extract 2 cups flour 1 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Indexing Mechanism and Hanger
Assembly and Adjustments There are many components on the robot that need tuning. Because there is so much to do and so little time to do it (our first competition is in 10 days), we started prioritizing the tasks we need to complete. We decided the most important mechanisms that we need to focus…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Autonomous Testing
Assembly & Adjustments Students performed adjustments and enhancements all over the practice robot today, all in preparation for the team’s first regional of the season at San Diego in a little less than two weeks. For instance, they replaced the indexer polycarbonate flap with a new one. Students…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Robot Bagged
Today marked the end of the “official” build-season. The competition robot is enclosed in a bag and will stay there until our first Regional Tournament in San Diego (March 7-9). I would like to thank everyone for their hard work, dedication, and support these past six weeks. Parents, thank you for…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #40: Hang On Tight
Over the course of the past six weeks, robot development has come a long way. Today the team was able to test out robot hanging for the first time. That is a great accomplishment for the short amount of time allowed, but the robot still requires a great deal of work in order to be […]
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #39: Scrimmage Day 2
Lab Scrimmage Today more teams arrived to the lab to use the field for practice, including 256, 751, 840, 1700, and 4535. The operators tested various shooting, climbing and driving mechanisms, as well as software. Assembly & Wiring Due to a lack of space in the lower workbenches of the lab…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #38: FRC Open Lab Scrimmage, Manufacturing, CAD
By Nick Mercadante Lab Scrimmage Today, the lab was opened to other FRC teams to let them practice on our field. They were able to practice hanging on the pyramids and were able to practice and adjust their shooting. The human players were able to get a couple throws in as well. Manufacturing…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #37: Continued Conveyor Assembly
Robot Assembly Students continued assembly of the conveyor system for the competition robot. They added the BBDs and their shafts, and attached the CIM to the conveyor. Some students took a trip up to Pacific Coast Metals to pick up some anodized parts that were dropped off this morning. These…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #36: Intake & Conveyor Assembly
Author: Andrew Torrance Machining & Assembly Students and mentors finished assembly of the intake and attached the superstructure frame. With the intake mounted to both the practice and competition robots, students and mentors plan to continue testing and tweaking the intake tonight. Students also…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics
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Day #35: Field & Intake Assembly; Manufacturing
Manufacturing Today, students and mentors continued work on manufacturing parts which will be anodized. These parts must be finished by Wednesday night in order to be sent to anodization Thursday, with a return on Friday. Many new materials were received for the intake and shooter. These were also…
2013 FRC Build Season · FIRST Robotics