News, events, and updates from Team 254.
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 postAfter 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 postThe 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 postAfter 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.
Read postA ton of progress was made today on the robot. The valve block was tapped for the 1" NPT hose. Furthermore, we were able to get the pivot shaft for the revolver completed so that we could mount the revolver on the base. In the next few days, we hope to…
Read postToday, at the lab, we started programming the VEX controller on the robot. We finished the drive code and wrote simple code to open the main valve for a certain number of milliseconds when a button is pressed. Furthermore, the VEX controller was wired to the…
Read postToday, we completed the wiring on the T-Shirt cannon. The large gauge wire and the signal wire was run successfully. Furthermore, we tested the valve,shooting T-shirts and small balls on a test bed outside the lab to test the range of the robot.
Read postTeam 254 and its robot, Devastator, had a great day at the 2010 Take Flight for Kids Festival. We had hundereds of visitors who all loved the robot. Some of the younger kids especially liked rolling the balls into the robot's intake and letting the robot suck…
Read postThe robot returned from the powder coat shop today. The scuba tank also returned from hydrostatic certification after passing its tests. We hooked it up to a test bed and successfully tested the valve. The machining on the valve block has begun and is coming…
Read postThe T-Shirt Cannon's frame has returned from welding. The frame was prepped for powder coating today and will be brought to the powder coat shop tomorrow. The high-pressure scuba tank will be brought to Ace Fire Equipment & Services in East Palo Alto tomorrow…
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