BEARs' Blog

Tweeting from Competition by JD Hartley

This weekend is our FRC Regional in Milwaukee. We are really excited!

If you would like to follow us, here are some twitter profiles you can keep an eye [...]

Dear Parents by Carol Bauer

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. [...]

And you thought we ended in six weeks… by Greg Billetdeaux

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 we [...]

From paper to pixels by JD Hartley

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.
That [...]

Welcome to the Real World by Jeff Fenstermaker

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 robot [...]

Being a female rookie by Christa Carini

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. [...]

Robotics, a poem by Brian Scharles

The doors open.
I walk in and
hear the noises [...]

From ball control to pneumatics by Jared San Miguel

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 [...]

Being a Pseduo-rookie by Brian Scharles

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 [...]

Comments from a Rookie by Adam Talajkowski

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, [...]