Chezy Champs: Behind the Scenes
There were many exciting attractions at the team 254 hosted Chezy Champs competition.
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FIRST Robotics
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IRI 2014 Offseason Regional
IRI Competition Everyone had a great time at IRI, reconnecting with old friends like 233, 1114, and 2056, meeting new people on different teams, and eating a lot of delicious corn! We went undefeated in our qualifying matches and seeded first, partially due…
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2014 Build Blog Release
Team 254 is proud to release our technical build materials for the 2014 build season. This year's release contains day by day updates along with in-depth discussions into strategies, prototypes, build decisions, and other Team 254 projects.
Read postNASA Robotics Alliance Celebration
On Tuesday, June 10th, Teams 254s, 971 and 1868 met with NASA Ames' Director Dr. Simon P. Worden, to celebrate the accomplishments of the teams and thank Dr. Worden for the center's generous sponsorship over the years. The 3 teams were recognized for their…
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2014 World Champions!
Team 254 just returned from the 2014 FRC World Championship held in St. Louis. The team went undefeated in the qualification rounds of the Curie Division and paired with teams 469, 2848, and 74…
Read postPre-STL Day 4: Lighting Up
by Nathan Duong '16 Competition Preparation: Transportation Crate The second layer of paint has been applied to the transportation crate and is now finished! Field Construction: 1 Point Goals Members of the team have continued to construct the two wooden…
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Pre-STL Day 3: Boxes and Boxing In
by Nathan Duong '16 Transportation The 5’ x 5’ x 5’ wooden crate that will be used for tool transportation in the St. Louis trip is being worked on. The first of two coats of blue paint was applied to patch the blank patches in a lighter color. Scrimmaging…
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Pre-STL Day 2: Robot Repairs
by: Brenden Farrer Today at the lab, other FIRST teams, such as Spartan Robotics, came to practice with our field. The primary focus was on fixing the practice robot and Skystalker to continue driver practice with the other teams. Skystalker A "hat" was built…
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Pre-STL Day 1: Going Forward
by Dan Ngo '17 Tasks Today, the team started with a discussion about our performance in SVR, between all of the mentors and members at the lab. During that, the team addressed most of the issues that the robot had during the tournament, which mainly consisted…
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2014 Silicon Valley Regional
Team 254 rounded out its regional play this past weekend with its annual attendance at the Silicon Valley Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. The team won 10 of its 11 matches in the qualification round, losing match 47 against the top-seeded team, 971, who…
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