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526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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FRC Season Day #1
Today was an extremely productive day at the lab. We built a significant part of the field, tested the game elements, began design, started manufacturing and continued to work on programming. Field Construction As soon as we got to the lab, a large group of team members got started building a…
2011 FRC Build Season
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FRC Kickoff Meeting Review
Summary of FRC Kickoff Meeting: Robot Attributes for Successful Gameplay Obstacles to Successful Gameplay Methods of Scoring and Defense
2011 FRC Build Season
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The Day Before Kickoff
It’s the night before kickoff and what a productive day it’s been. The day started out with us ordering over 250lbs of Aluminum from Coast Aluminum in Hayward. The metal will be used to construct the robots for Team 254 and Team 1868. Although we don’t yet know the game and don’t know what the…
2011 FRC Build Season
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T-Shirts Ordered
The team T-Shirts are ordered and should be ready just in time for the Bellarmine VEX Tournament.
2011 FRC Build Season
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Cleaning up the Lab
Today at the NASA lab, several students and mentors were working together to clean up the workspace and prepare for the build season. The computer workstations upstairs were put together after the painting. All of the wires were nicely ziptied and the process of software updates began. In the…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Floor Painting Complete
Today the mezzanine floor was completely dry which allowed the tables and chairs to be moved back upstairs. A few students were present and helped set up the computers and get things ready for the upcoming FRC build season. The office supplies and mentors cabinets were also sorted, leaving only a…
2011 FRC Build Season
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254D High Hangs!
VEX Team 254D has been working hard since their last tournament to improve on their design as much as possible. After a lot of work, their robot successfully high hangs on the ladder for a whopping 20 points! All of the Team 254 VEX Teams are busy pulling together their robots before their…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Lab Floor Painting & Cleaning
Today, more team members met at the NASA lab to apply a second coat of paint to the floor on the upstairs mezzanine. The newly painted surface looks great and we will move the furniture upstairs tomorrow once the paint dries. Furthermore, we mopped and vacuumed the floor downstairs and organized…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Lab Floor Painting
Today, several team members met at the NASA lab to paint the floor of the upstairs mezzanine. Two weeks ago, we sanded the floor to remove the chipping paint and last week new paint was able to be purchased. To prevent chipping, we are using a urethane-based industrial paint. Tomorrow, we will…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Scouting/Spirit 12/6 and 12/13
Hey team, First, I apologize that last weeks update didn’t get put up. I wrote it, but for some reason it didn’t post… So, last weekend (12/4 specifically), teams 254A, B, and D competed in the Pan Pacific tournament, and 254C, E, H, and S competed in Fairfield. 254A and B took home their…
2011 FRC Build Season
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San Ramon Tournament Results
On December 11th, 254D and 254H traveled to San Ramon to represent Bellarmine at its fifth tournament of the season. After technical difficulties with the field and limited time, the teams played 3 qualification matches leaving 254D with a 1-2 record and 254H with a 2-1 record. The 6th seeded…
2011 FRC Build Season
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Programming Update
We had a meeting on Thursday at Bellarmine, in which we covered a lot. By this week’s meeting, we will have finalized the programming team’s organization into the two groups, and everyone will have their assignments. We have split the team into two groups, one working primarily on the simulator…
2011 FRC Build Season