Shockwave Wins the Abbott Invention Hall of Fame Award
Shockwave, a promotional t-shirt shooting robot, was awarded the Abbott Invention Hall of Fame Award at the 2011 FIRST Silicon Valley Regional.
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The T-Shirt Cannon at Your Event
Team 254 is willing and able to bring our T-Shirt cannon to many events, including but not limited to: Sporting Events Spirit Rallies Community Events The T-Shirt Cannon can be branded to meet the promotional requirements of any sponsor. To Request to have…
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San Jose Sharks Street Rally
Team 254's T-Shirt Cannon made an appearance in San Jose today at a Street Rally for the San Jose Sharks, a professional hockey team. The Sharks play their first home game today against the Atlanta Thrashers and celebrated the occasion with a pre-game street…
Read postTechnical Specifications
Features: Ten Barrel Revolver/Gatling Action Automatic Barrel Indexing Motorized Adjustable Pitch - Horizontal to +60 degrees Adjustable Range Control Via Electronic Solenoid Valve Six-Wheel Drive, Off-Road Capable Chassis Wireless Control Capable of…
Read postAbout Shockwave
In Summer 2010, Team 254 decided to build a T-Shirt Shooting Robot to be used for promotional events. After two months of hard work, our robot debuted at a spirit rally at our school, Bellarmine College Prep in San Jose. The robot was received very well and…
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Bellarmine Spirit Rally
The T-Shirt Cannon made its debut tonight at the Bellarmine Spirit Rally. Set before the school's football game against its rival, St. Francis of Mountain View, the rally aims to boost school spirit and morale before the game. The T-Shirt Cannon came out in…
Read postRobot Complete
After more than two months of hard work, Team 254's T-Shirt Cannon is complete. Today, we recieved the parts neccesary for us to fill our high-pressure SCUBA tank. After filling the tank, we tested the robot extensively to determine how many shots could be…
Read postFirst Shots
The robot took its first shots today, shooting racquetballs. The robot shot extremely far, with distances yet to be officially measured. For today's shots, the robot's tanks were filled by a shop compressor in the lab to approximately 100 psi. Early next…
Read postIndexing & Tilting
After many days of work, the robot is almost complete. Today, we completed the indexing and tilting mechanisms and tested the robot in the lab without a projectile. The whole system seems to be working great.
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