This has been my second year on the team, but my first as the team safety officer. It was surprising to see the constant attention needed to keep everyone from possible hazards. But, as the season progressed, it started to take less. There seemed to come a point where everyone finally accepted the importance of safety. Keeping the [...]
Congratulations Sam on winning the first Dean’s List Award. It is well deserved. See for yourself: Sam Scharles has been committed to FIRST since 2003 when she joined FLL and told her coach she was a natural-born leader. Since then, her life has revolved around FIRST, as a FLL member, a FRC Team 930 member [...]
This weekend is our FRC Regional in Milwaukee. We are really excited!
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As we come to the end of hundreds of intense hours of work leading to the Wisconsin FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) Regional event on March 11 – 13, on behalf of all the mentors and Team 930, I would like to thank you for allowing your child to participate in the amazing adventure of FRC. [...]
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 [...]
