News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Chairman's Today, our Chairman's Submission was published. The original submission link is no longer available. 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…
Read postToday, 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.
Read postToday, 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.
Read postThe 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
Read postMachining 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…
Read postAfter countless hours of gearbox building, wiring and troubleshooting, the practice robot is finally driving. Furthermore, we have assembled one set of bumpers.
Read postToday 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…
Read postManufacturing Today, the manufacturing department was hard at work finishing most of the parts for the bumpers and working on the shifter dogs and minibot deployment rail end caps. We hope to have every machined part done by Monday. Programming The…
Read postToday, we continued to work on manufacturing many of the primary parts for the robot. The dog gears were started and are coming along great. Furthermore, the bumper corner pieces are completed leaving the bumper pins as the only pieces remaining to be able to…
Read postWhile we are waiting for parts to return from the andoize shop, we have been doing a ton of manufacturing. Today, we finished lightening all of the robot's gears and finished milling bumper wood. Furthermore, we cut the steel bumper pin mount pieces and…
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