News, events, and updates from Team 254.
This past week, we attended the FIRST Robotics Competition Championship in St. Louis. With two Championship events this year, it was hard to decide which to compete at, but we had a great time facing off against teams from the east coast, Canada, and more.…
Read postDay 42: Preparing for World Championships Quick Summary Everything that we need at competition, which includes the pit, was packed and prepared for being shipped to St. Louis. Robot Progress Shooter We worked on some hood geometry and started to look at the…
Read postDay 41: Improving Gear Scoring Gear Grabber Today we worked on the Cow Catcher, or an assembly that prevents balls from getting stuck in the Gear Grabber and pushes balls out of the way. We began with prototyping with two delrin side plates and a 3/8"…
Read postThis past weekend, we competed at the Silicon Valley Regional at San Jose State University. Qualifications Throughout the qualification matches, Misfire performed very well, despite bearing one loss, going 8-1 overall and scoring an average of about 300…
Read postDay 40: Improvements for SVR Driving Improvements We added additions to our robot in order to create an easier and more efficient driving environment. We have placed a blue LED strip on the back of the hood to let drivers know whether or not they are in a…
Read postThis past weekend, we competed at the San Francisco Regional at St. Ignatius College Preparatory. Qualifications Throughout the qualification matches, Misfire performed strongly, going 10-0 overall and scoring an average of about 277 points. We focused on a…
Read postTeam 254 presents our 2017 entry into the FIRST Robotics Competition: Misfire. Misfire will be competing at the inaugural San Francisco Regional, followed by the Silicon Valley Regional and the St. Louis FIRST Championship. More information on the robot.
Read postDays 37, 38, & 39: Preparing For Competition Intake Today, we worked on fixing the intake after it broke earlier this week. After analyzing the strength of our current weldment and modifying it slightly, we decided that simply strengthening it would not help…
Read postDay 36: Improving Subsystems Hopper Floor Today we ordered all the the parts for the upper extension of the hopper floor and got majority of the CAD done. We will be going with 50 degree edges made out of Delrin with the first two rollers of the upper…
Read postDays 33, 34, & 35: Preparing for Competition Gear Grabber/Driver Practice We worked with the drivers over the weekend, doing basic drills like gear cycling, in order to become accustomed to driving the robot prior to the SFR Competition. We started the day by…
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