News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Open Field Today the lab was opened for Teams 4543 (Apollo High School) and Team 971 to use our field for calibration and driver practice, while working on bugs in preperation for SVR (where both robots will be competing). Driver Practice Today Driver Abhi…
Read postHanger The highlight of today was beginning assembly of the hangers for the competition robot. We plan to finish fully assembling these soon. We are constructing 3 identical hanger assemblies so as to have one extra. Jonathan Lee working to assemble the…
Read postAfter the team's dedicated fans showed us how much they wanted to see the world's fastest 30 point hang, we showed them something special that we've been working on.
Read postHanger While testing the hang speed late yesterday, the hanger malfunctioned. While it was on the third level hang, one of the arms bounced and did not latch, leaving the robot hanging from one arm. This torqued that arm at an angle, the belt snapped, and…
Read postAfter a quick driver's practice today, a programming issue occured with the autofire shooting. With the indexer physically jamming as well as the software causing jamming while shooting, practice was stopped and efforts were put towards making sure the robot…
Read postAfter ten minutes of driver practicing, the team still determined that one glaring problem still exists that currently precedes all others: the robot's intake system inconsistently picks up frisbees. Intake The team technical leaders gathered to decide on a…
Read postIntake The team is currently working on redesigning the intake to intake discs more effectively. There are multiple issues with the current iteration, such as stacking when intaking multiple discs. As of now, students are experimenting by attaching two small…
Read postIndexer The polycarb flap that indexes the frisbee was modified to be thicker. The indexer superstructure was changed and we reverted to old butcher knife plates to lower compression on the disc. The default state of the indexer was also changed from the…
Read postOverkill: Tests were conducted using a knife-edged polycarbonate sheet added to the bottom of the intake tonight in order to improve the effectiveness of the intake system. New rails have been integrated into the shooter system. The tests are still underway…
Read postDriver Practice Today Driver Abhi Kumar and Backup Operator Jonathan Lee were able to get a lot of practice with the robot. Additionaly, Human Player Aaron Johnson was also able to practice with the drive team. New Shooter Students and Mentors began…
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