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526 posts from the build season and beyond.
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Build Blog Day 10 (1/22/18)
Drivebase Task: Finalize Drivebase CAD and Prepare For Manufacturing Over the weekend, we finished CADing and reviewing the drivebase. We sent the baseplate out to be laser cut. At our next build, we need to manufacture and assemble the drivebases so they can be welded on Thursday. On Thursday, we…
2018 FRC Build Season
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Build Blog Days 8-9 (1/19/2018 – 1/20/2018)
Elevator Task: Design Elevator Cartoon CAD We worked on finalizing the placement of the elevator. The front face of the elevator will be 9" from the outside of the back bumper. We wanted to move the elevator back because we wanted to ensure as confident a handoff between our intake which will end…
2018 FRC Build Season
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Build Blog Day 7 (1/17/2018)
Drivebase Task: Cartoon CAD Prior to today, we had the idea of having an intake feed into a tunnel. The tunnel would serve as a conveyor system to transport the cube back and forth across the robot. However, the issues with the tunnel are that a) it will be very bulky and would serve as […]
2018 FRC Build Season
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Build Blog Day 6 (1/15/18)
Gearbox Task: Design drivebase gearbox We found out today that the gearbox will have to be redesigned. Our original plan consisted of a triangle of mini-CIMs but this design was too tall and would not allow the tunnel to lay flat and exhaust cubes to the exchange. Our new design still uses 3…
2018 FRC Build Season
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Build Blog Day 5 (1/13/18)
Drivebase Task: Model drivebase moving up platform ramp with 1/8" center drop and minimal space from outside bumper supports To ensure we have a stable robot when our CG raises with our elevator, we decided to extend our wheelbase as far out as possible. By doing so though, we are more susceptible…
2018 FRC Build Season
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Build Blog Day 4 (1/12/18)
Drivebase Task: Test different wheel arrangements between colsons and omnis We decided to switch our initial idea of using 6 colsons to 2 colsons and 4 omnis on the drivebase. We also decreased the drivebase width by 0.6 inches to accommodate for the entire width of the colsons. In addition, we…
2018 FRC Build Season
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Build Blog Days 2 and 3 (1/8/18 – 1/10/18)
Drivebase Task: Test drivebase with modelled dimensions (28"x33") 1.15” center drop; from top of frame rail and placed 2.5” from the front and back of the drivebase frame high centering on the ramp at various angles. When approaching the ramp perpendicularly, the robot clears the ramp and does not…
2018 FRC Build Season
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FRC Build Blog Day 1 (1/6/2018)
Here is the 2018 game animation. Game Analysis This year’s game involved many variables, requiring a strategy that succeeded in performing all tasks presented in the challenge. With the power ups, scoring based on points/sec, randomized sides, and the difficulty of climbing, no straightforward…
2018 FRC Build Season
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Game Analysis, Scouting, and Strategy Workshop
On Thursday, December 7th, we hosted a Game Analysis, Scouting, and Strategy Workshop to help acquaint new team members with an important aspect of the robot game. The workshop by led by a member of Team 254’s drive team, Brandon Chuang. During the workshop, we taught new members about the…
Administrative
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Discovery Day 2017
Event Summary On November 11th, Team 254 appeared at the Bay Area Science Festival Discovery Day to demonstrate our 2017 season robot Misfire. At the event, we used a few game elements like wiffle balls, gears, and a makeshift wooden hopper to show over 2000 people the capabilities of our robot. In…
Public Relations
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2017 Winners of Chezy Champs!
A Brief Summary As part of an eventful weekend, we hosted Chezy Champs, our annually hosted offseason FRC tournament at Bellarmine College Preparatory, in our hometown of San Jose, CA. We had a great time jumping back into action with our robot, Misfire, before the start of the 2018 FRC Season.…
2017 FRC Build Season · Tournaments
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Fall Project 2017
Team 254 is kicking off the school year with a Fall Project. This year students will be building a gear robot for the 2017 FIRST Steamworks challenge. The goal of this year’s Fall Project is to provide students with the opportunity to pursue whichever aspect of FRC they want to in a stress free…
Fall Project 2017