Six weeks ended yesterday, February 22nd, with the crating of Munitio. Though she lies in a crate for the next two weeks, work won’t stop on making her better and better. You see, the scrimmage Sunday taught us quite a few things about our own robot performance along with that of others. We learned that [...]
I have been told many times that my legacy to team 930 is our website. When I first joined the team, there was no website. Nothing to go off of. I tried to make something in only a few weeks: the layout was mediocre; the content was so-so. But the attempt, the groundwork was there. [...]
It’s Week Six (of six) of the 2010 FRC season. As if the title of this blog isn’t enough of a cliché, how about this – the problems that you experience are always those that you don’t plan for. Sounds simple and obvious, right? Week Six (of six), Day Two (Tuesday): The basics of the [...]
FIRST—For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. To many of us, this acronym actually means something. Personally, this means respect, learning, trust, struggle, but most importantly, fun and teamwork. Whether it be FLL or FRC, today many kids across the world are getting involved. I am happy to say I am one of them. [...]
The doors open.
I walk in and
hear the noises [...]
The past five weeks of this season have been some of the most intellectually stimulating of my entire robotics experience. Being a 3-year member it is great that this year we were given a challenge where we could develop a more complicated robot and execute it well. Designing ball control systems helps us better maneuver with a [...]
This is my first year being on FRC Team 930. This being said, I am considered to be a rookie. But I came into this season different than most of the other rookies—I have been a part of FIRST for four years. During these four years, I participated in FLL. My sister, who is two [...]
So far this year I’ve learned more than I could have imagined last summer. I had learned some things from my dad, since he works in mechanical design, and I did work with him sometimes in his workshop. Units in eighth grade tech ed, such as drafting, electricity, and pneumatics, also helped. However, none of these, [...]
This year our firmware team (me, JD, Bryan, and Taylor) was asked to code not one, but two different ways of driving our robot. Based on our strategy, our team’s electrical/firmware mentor Jeff decided that a Doom technique would be best (and I say him because we were all too young to know what he [...]
This year’s electrical hardware team (Adam, Bryan, Neil, and myself) has been making loads of progress this season. With a 1:1 rookie ratio, the two new members caught on to everything at an extremely fast pace… partly because of our amazing teaching skills and also because of their awesome intellect (mostly from the latter =] ). We have [...]
