News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Catcher & Intake Prototype Today, several team members integrated the intake and catcher prototypes with the 2013 practice robot drive base to create a prototype robot that can catch and intake the balls. They removed the catcher arms from the back and front…
Read postby Jeffrey Kaufmann New Flywheel Prototype A team of students worked on the updated prototype of the flywheel shooter. The new prototype can shoot at an almost vertical angle, enabling the robot to toss the ball over the truss. It also allows for easier…
Read postFlywheel Shooter Prototype Today, we continued work on a new flywheel shooter prototype. The team determined that smaller shooter wheels would make the shooter more packagable in the robot. We made some great progress and we should be able to complete it…
Read postCatcher Prototype Today, we continued work on the catcher prototype, making it higher and wider so that it can better catch balls from all angles. Although the catcher is promising, its large size may be a problem when packaging mechanisms for the robot.…
Read postAutonomous Strategy Today, we discussed scoring all three balls in autonomous. In autonomous, only the area directly in front of the low goal is guaranteed to be undefended. The strategy would involve starting with one ball in the robot, one in front and one…
Read postPrototyping Shooters Three different teams worked to design, build, and test three different ways to launch the ball. They built a catapult, a linear launcher, and a flywheel shooter. Catapult Launcher A catapult was designed and built today using a system…
Read postKickoff Overview Today kicks off the 2014 FRC Season for Team 254. The mentors and students are equally ecstatic for this year's challenge, Aerial Assist. Google Drive PDF of the Game Manual:…
Read postOn August 7, several members from our team had the opportunity to participate in NASA’s Diversity Day. As a NASA house team, Team 254 was able to present three robots; Overkill, Skyfire, and Slipstream to NASA engineers and staff who stopped by our booth.…
Read postNow that our season is over, Team 254 has been visiting with our sponsors to show them Overkill and thank them for their generous support.
Read postYesterday, Mark Leon and Drew Price arranged for the current Zero Robotics Winners to tour the NASA Ames Facilities. Team 254 represented the NASA Robotics Alliance as part of the tour. The 20 or so members of their winning team filed in to the lab and were…
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