News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Prototyping Indexing The intake prototype is taking shape. It is now at a point where it's working and we are almost ready to begin manufacturing. Along with the intake, the mechanism for transferring frisbees to the shooter is also in the process of being…
Read postIntake Today, many students worked on the funneling intake. We tested many angles, and elevations, to account for the robot in motion. This funneling intake works through 3 steps. First, the frisbee is sucked in to the intake assembly by a roller that spins…
Read postPrototyping Intake Students continued to make modifications to the intake prototype. They scrapped the entire aluminum model because they decided it would be too time inefficient to drill and redrill holes into metal. Instead, the team constructed the front…
Read postPrototyping Intake & 2010 Robot Students continued to develop an intake prototype, now attached to Onslaught, and the intake will be completed as soon as possible. However, due to the arrival of the chassis, students removed Talons from Onslaught to be placed…
Read postPrototyping Intake Students began building a new prototype intake. With four small, vertical, rollers and one large horizontal roller, the intake should work well once complete. Working on the latest intake prototype 2010 Robot Students continued constructing…
Read postAuthor: Art Kalb Prototyping Shooter After a morning discussion on the mailing list, students and mentors attempted to use the shooter to shoot from a longer range than before. The goal of these long range shots is to pickup discs by the human player and…
Read postThese award-winning cookies fuelled our continued designing, prototyping and drivetrain-manufacturing activities this past weekend. Chocolate Chip Cookies 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup Crisco 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla extract 2 eggs 2 1/2 cups…
Read postToday was our second day off in the FRC season. We did meet for about an hour today to finish the chassis. The baseplates were picked up this morning from BAE Systems (who watterjetted them for us over the weekend). They were taken to the lab to be assembled…
Read postPrototyping Shooter Students continued to make modifications to the shooter prototype. They removed the polycarbonate cover on the top of the shooter and replaced it with an aluminum bar to guide the frisbee through. In testing, the frisbees that are shot…
Read postPrototyping Shooter The shooter protoype is coming along as students worked to test an added polycarb cover. To test the effectiveness of smaller wheels on the shooter, a group worked on replacing the treaded wheels with Banebots wheels. Tests proved…
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