News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Today was the last day of build before the robot ships to San Diego. We spent the day doing everything we possibly could to get the robot ready to compete. After several hours of chasing pressure leaks on the competition robot, we finally tracked down a leak…
Read postToday, we got the practice robot up to the point that the competition robot got to yesterday and ran some driving tests on the field. It scores well.
Read postScrimmage Preparations After a very stressful period of the field shipment being delayed, it finally arrived at about 1:30PM on Saturday, Day 43. We immediately started assembly and had it just about done before dinner time. Robot Finishing Both us and our…
Read postChairman's Today, our Chairman's Submission was published. The original submission link is no longer available. The Chairman's Award is FIRST's highest honor, celebrating excellence as a whole team in addition to success on the field. Assembly Today, we got…
Read postToday, the elevator worked for the first time. It is extremely fast. We are taking the final batch of parts to the powdercoating shop in the morning.
Read postToday, we had our whole team meeting at the lab. Many team members and parents came together to discuss the robot and preparations for this weekend's scrimmage.
Read postThe VEX Animation was submitted Saturday. See it here: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH983bEvpYY The FRC Animation is being uploaded as I am posting this. See it here: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLjo-1bonNo
Read postMachining Today, the machining team worked on the elevator second stage top and bottom caps. The bottom caps are complete and the top caps are in progress. Furthermore, on the lathe, we worked on various spacers and shafts. Wiring, Pneumatics & Programming…
Read postAfter countless hours of gearbox building, wiring and troubleshooting, the practice robot is finally driving. Furthermore, we have assembled one set of bumpers.
Read postToday at the lab, we got our parts back from the anodize shop which allowed us to finally start assembling gearboxes. Everything looks great and this task should be finished in the next few days. On a separate note, we had several FIRST Lego League students…
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