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526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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Robot Side Video
2011 FRC Build Season
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Day 46: Ship Day
The robot has shipped and is on its way to San Diego.
2011 FRC Build Season
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Day 45: The Day Before Ship
Today was the last day of build before the robot ships to San Diego. We spent the day doing everything we possibly could to get the robot ready to compete. After several hours of chasing pressure leaks on the competition robot, we finally tracked down a leak in the regulator and got it fixed so…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Day 44: Robot Drive Tests
Today, we got the practice robot up to the point that the competition robot got to yesterday and ran some driving tests on the field. It scores well.
2011 FRC Build Season
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Days 42-43: Scrimmage Preparations & Robot Finishing
Scrimmage Preparations After a very stressful period of the field shipment being delayed, it finally arrived at about 1:30PM on Saturday, Day 43. We immediately started assembly and had it just about done before dinner time. Robot Finishing Both us and our sister team, 1868 have been finishing up…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Day 41: Chairman’s Submitted and All Parts Back
Chairman’s Today, our Chairman’s Submission was published. You can read it here. The Chairman’s Award is FIRST‘s highest honor, celebrating excellence as a whole team in addition to success on the field. Assembly Today, we got the last batch of parts back from the powder coater. At this point…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Day 40: Elevator
Today, the elevator worked for the first time. It is extremely fast. We are taking the final batch of parts to the powdercoating shop in the morning.
2011 FRC Build Season
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Day 39: Meetings
Today, we had our whole team meeting at the lab. Many team members and parents came together to discuss the robot and preparations for this weekend’s scrimmage.
2011 FRC Build Season
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Animations
The VEX Animation was submitted Saturday. See it here: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH983bEvpYY The FRC Animation is being uploaded as I am posting this. See it here: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLjo-1bonNo
2011 FRC Build Season
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Day 38: Machining, Wiring & Pneumatics
Machining Today, the machining team worked on the elevator second stage top and bottom caps. The bottom caps are complete and the top caps are in progress. Furthermore, on the lathe, we worked on various spacers and shafts. Wiring, Pneumatics & Programming Today, we finished (except for sensors)…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Days 36 & 37: Driving Robots
After countless hours of gearbox building, wiring and troubleshooting, the practice robot is finally driving. Furthermore, we have assembled one set of bumpers.
2011 FRC Build Season
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Day 35: Gearboxes, Field Trips, Bumpers and More
Today at the lab, we got our parts back from the anodize shop which allowed us to finally start assembling gearboxes. Everything looks great and this task should be finished in the next few days. On a separate note, we had several FIRST Lego League students who came to tour the lab today. Also…
2011 FRC Build Season