So Philadelphia was great. Though we didn't make an alliance, I think we all had fun. The team worked vigorously in the pits to finish programming, electronics, and the mechanisms. When we arrived on Thursday, we knew we had a lot of work to do, and everybody jumped on the tasks. Just about every minute that we weren't on the field, we had engineers working on our bot. Thank you to all of you.
So in the end it was three very good and respectable teams that came out on top. Congrats to teams 56, 395, and 365. We would like to say great job to all the other teams. We understand about us not being picked. Our robot was a little lacking in terms of scoring, but our final driver did have a great defensive style. At the end of preliminaries, we did get our lift working and i believe we were fully operational. We were kind of hoping we would be in an alliance with Miss Daisy and we could work together for a three-peat. It would have been the first time any team won a regional three years in a row and we thought it would be a great record to set together. In any matter, great job and we hope to see all of you again in future competitions.
We want to thank all the adults in our team that helped make our robot vision become reality, and for making this trip possible. I think we all had fun and we appreciate everything you do for the team. Thanks to all of the team members as well. As a team I'm glad we can work together and make this happen. We might not be the biggest, most funded, or best team, but I'm glad we can all work to achieve a mutual goal. I know I'm a noob on the team, and some of you are going to retire, but I've had fun this year with everyone and I wish we could all work together again next year.
Philadelphia Update
Written by Ian
Friday, 20 March 2009 06:18
Here we are at Philadelphia!
Work on the robot is going well, but there's still a lot of work to be done. We had some bumper inspection problems, but thats all behind us now. The lift is not yet functional, but our pit team is working frantically and is getting it done, hopefully, soon. We're still having difficulties with the new frimware and software, but that doesn't affect our driving. So far, we CAN drive around, and are working on our lift. To other teams reading this: We can pllay defensively!
Saturday update
Written by Ian
Saturday, 14 February 2009 11:41
Fabrication, fabrication, fabrication! The control panel on the robot is looking much more defined, but there's a lot more that needs to be done. As for the rest of the robot, the divider in between the two magazines is being placed, and more and more parts are being made.
The Moon Rock Kicker (MRK) is being designed, and hopefully it will be made and ready to go in compilation with the Moon Rock Conveyor (MRC). Also, the Moon Rock Shovel (MRS) will be put in soon.
Also, we have tons and tons of food. Thank you to all who donated to us!
Last Updated on Saturday, 14 February 2009 13:31
Meeting!
Written by Ian
Friday, 06 March 2009 20:40
Quoted from Mr. Fritz:
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I have meetings every day this week and next Thursday the 12th.
We will meet next Monday 9th, Tuesday 10th, and Wednesday 11th at
AAHS at 6:00PM to finish part fabrication and prepare to leave.
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I hope to see everyone there!
Last Updated on Friday, 06 March 2009 20:42
Update
Written by Ian
Friday, 13 February 2009 19:18
Brain Smith has confirmed the uploading and submission of the animation to the FIRST Autodesk site. Also, thank you Joel Fisher, who put much, much time into the animation, and helped wrapped it up in the end.
As for the robot, the bumpers are almost ready to be constucted, and fabrication continues at an insane rate.
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All we've been working for the past two days is uploading the animation, and fabrcation. We've been making parts all night long, and working very hard on it. We're almost out of time!
