News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Hanging Today, the programmers focused on making the 30-point hanging fully autonomous. This makes the climber run with a push of a button (specifically, a switch and a button). They started the day off by tuning the PID for the upward hanging by using a…
Read postProgramming and Controls Most of the afternoon was focused on driver practice and controls testing. Pat and Tom worked on reducing the time between shots. They were able to make the indexer go significanly faster, reducing our shooting time by a few seconds.…
Read postThe first few days after a tournament are usually pretty relaxing, but they are also just as busy (if not more) than other days. Today, there was a large organization effort to empty the last few bins of tools and parts that were brought to competition. The…
Read postAfter a difficult six weeks of design and construction, Team 254 won the San Diego Regional with teams 987 and 1138.
Read postThese delicious and nutritious brownies have powered many Friday night picklist meetings on multiple teams, and more often than not have led to regional and divisional victories. This past weekend in San Diego was no different. Strategy Brownies 1 cup butter…
Read postOur team has arrived in San Diego in one piece, and is doing great. The pit is set up, we've passed inspection, and apparently, the waffles at the hotel are amazing. If you're looking for quick updates, our team Facebook page is a great place to look, you…
Read postManufacturing Students manufactured the polycarbonate flaps for the indexer using the vertical bandsaw, among other miscellaneous parts. Programming Today, the programmers did a lot of fine-tuning and testing with the various autonomous sequences. The seven,…
Read postDriver Practice: Drivers and operators continued practice today in preparation for the upcoming San Diego Regional. To hone their skills they ran a multitude of drills with a wide variety of obstacles to simulate a field filled with other robots. In these…
Read postRobot The robot wheels got partially machined today. They are currently still being worked on. Drivers practiced driving around and other students continued debugging the shooter. This was a result of the fact that the shooter kept jamming, because it would…
Read postMachining Students worked on manufacturing the official robot stands. They used the metal pieces from the previous robot stand, but cut those pieces to length using the horizontal bandsaw. They also drilled new holes into the metal with the mill. Meanwhile,…
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