News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Prototyping Today, the prototyping group continued to work on prototypes for the Minibot. Their prototype successfully latches onto the bar, but does not have the proper weight distribution and contact with the pole to climb. With weight added to balance it,…
Read postDesign Today was our 2011 Preliminary Design Review. We met as a whole team at the lab to discuss our game objectives and the direction we are going in with the robot. Everyone seems to approve of the design and we will move forward to finalize the design in…
Read postPrototyping Today, a prototyping group met to finish the roller prototype that was almost complete yesterday. Round belt pulleys were fabricated and round belts were added so that one motor could be used to power both wheels simultaneously. The prototype was…
Read postRollers Prototyped Today, our prototyping group finished putting together a jig for testing tube intake rollers. The prototype was very successful and successfully picks up and holds tubes. Furthermore, we were able to rotate tubes within its grasp by…
Read postThis past weekend, Bellarmine College Prep held its 3rd annual VEX Robotics regional. 51 teams from throughout the Bay Area flocked to Sobrato Theater to compete in the largest Northern California VEX Regional of all time. Thanks to Bellarmine's generous…
Read postDesign Today, we worked on space claim analysis and tried to figure out how we could even fit a roller claw onto our elevator and still have room for a minibot while building a nice looking robot. Next, we started to analyze what our tube grabber could be…
Read postToday, we setup for the Bellarmine VEX Robotics tournament which will be occurring tomorrow in the Sobrato Center at Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. For the most part, the setup ran smoothly and we are very excited for tomorrow's tournament. On a…
Read postToday, the FRC Build group did not meet at the lab. However, progress was still made in the manufacturing and materials procurements area. We were able to pick up the raw aluminum from Coast Aluminum in Hayward so that wheel construction can begin soon.…
Read postPrototyping Today, we had a large group of students working to prototype mechanisms for subsystem 2 (tube grabber. One group was working to construct a jig for testing roller prototypes. The other group worked to think up alternate solutions for tube…
Read postDesign At the lab today, a number of students met to work on robot design. We spent the entire day working on Subsystem 1: Arm/Elevator. We began the day by reviewing our game objectives before proceeding to create a weighted objective table. Elevator 1 Joint…
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