News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Today was a very productive day at the lab. There was a lot of progress made in many areas. Prototyping Shooter Prototype Improvements were made to the shooter prototype. After students replaced a faulty CIM motor, an adjustable base was added to the linear…
Read postIn order to keep track of programming-related action items for FRC, we've created a spreadsheet with tasks that are sorted by priority. If you're ever at the lab and want to do some programming, swing by and choose a task that interests you. We hope that this…
Read postToday was a huge improvement in student attendance over yesterday. With our first active weekday build, a majority of the time was spent designing and beginning initial prototyping of an intake mechanism. Prototyping Intake Prototype Students worked in a…
Read postTo help manage the robot parts in CAD and their manufacturing status, there is a new web-based part management system located at parts.team254.com. This system assigns official part numbers, stores information about parts and the materials required to make…
Read postI received a couple of requests for the cookie recipe from Kickoff weekend, so I'll just post it here on the build blog. Stay tuned for future weekly deliciousness and nutritiousness! Double Chocolate Cookies 1 cup butter 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1…
Read postToday was the first weekday of build and with fewer member attendances, there was a lot of individual work getting done. Majority of time was spent in conversation between students and mentors on design decisions. Prototyping Three different designs are…
Read postToday the team got a great start as soon as we could access the lab, making substantial progress on a multitude of projects. Prototyping Today in prototyping the team pursued our 3 designs decided yesterday for shooting mechanisms which are: Radius design…
Read postAfter the whole team kickoff-unveiling event at BCP, students came to the NASA lab at 1:00pm to begin discussing game strategy, going over the new game rules in detail, and began numerous design, prototyping and field assembly tasks throughout the course of…
Read postOn Saturday December 22nd, 27 Cheesy Poofs came together to help needy children in the Santa Clara Valley. The members donated over 70 hours to help distribute gifts to the needy and bring smiles to their faces. The boys were painting faces and hands with…
Read postTeam 254 recently attended the Semiconductor Industry Association's 35th Annual Awards Dinner where we met with Dean Kamen and spoke to the association to spread the message of STEM.
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