News, events, and updates from Team 254.
Today, the FRC Build group did not meet at the lab. However, progress was still made in the manufacturing and materials procurements area. We were able to pick up the raw aluminum from Coast Aluminum in Hayward so that wheel construction can begin soon.…
Read postPrototyping Today, we had a large group of students working to prototype mechanisms for subsystem 2 (tube grabber. One group was working to construct a jig for testing roller prototypes. The other group worked to think up alternate solutions for tube…
Read postDesign At the lab today, a number of students met to work on robot design. We spent the entire day working on Subsystem 1: Arm/Elevator. We began the day by reviewing our game objectives before proceeding to create a weighted objective table. Elevator 1 Joint…
Read postField Construction The field construction team made huge progress today. A large group of students worked hard all day to complete both the minibot pole and one grid of scoring pegs. Whole-Team Meeting We had a whole-team meeting at the lab today. We…
Read postField Construction The field construction team was hard at work today working on the two elements of the game field that we are building this week. We have constructed a shopping list and hope to buy the remaining materials tomorrow. Programming The…
Read postToday, at the lab, a group of team members met to continue designing the robot drivetrain and continue manufacturing bearing blocks. Networking & Lab Improvements We started by networking all of the upstairs computers at the lab together. This will allow us…
Read postToday was an extremely productive day at the lab. We built a significant part of the field, tested the game elements, began design, started manufacturing and continued to work on programming. Field Construction As soon as we got to the lab, a large group of…
Read postSummary of FRC Kickoff Meeting: Robot Attributes for Successful Gameplay Obstacles to Successful Gameplay Methods of Scoring and Defense
Read postIt's the night before kickoff and what a productive day it's been. The day started out with us ordering over 250lbs of Aluminum from Coast Aluminum in Hayward. The metal will be used to construct the robots for Team 254 and Team 1868. Although we don't yet…
Read postThe team T-Shirts are ordered and should be ready just in time for the Bellarmine VEX Tournament.
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