Lakeview Tournament
That was an amazing tournament! Everyone on the team performed magnificently.
This is what FRC is all about. Six weeks is not enough time to build a complex robot; things will not work correctly the first time, things will break down. It's how we rise up to the challenge that defines us. We definitely rose up to the challenge this weekend! Our drive team started off poorly, but throughout the tournament we overcame and adapted to the challenge so we were able to place 29th overall in the district! Not to mention we were also able to coordinate the team to wear crispy matching outfits which snagged us the FRC Judges Imagery Award! The State championships are within our grasp! Wish us luck at our next tournament!
WEEK 6
This is our last week of building, we have completed the robot to the best of our abilities. We've adapted to our struggles and dangerous situations and overcame them with style. Now we wait to see how we do at the Lakeview and Gull Lake tournaments. Thank you to all the parents and mentors for guiding and supporting us throughout our journey.
WEEK 5
Mechanical: The Mechanical Team has spray painted the rest of our components except our newly built climbing mechanism. They also got one large piece of Plexiglas and heated it so we can mend it into the shape of a hopper. Along with the hopper, we need conveyor belts to push the balls into our shooter efficiently which we have up now.
Electrical: Finished wiring all the components together on the
robot.
Programming: Finished programming our gear arm, shooter, conveyor belt, and our manual shifting of gears. We are planning to have an automatic shift later on as the season progresses.
Week 4
Mechanical: This week the mechanical team worked around the clock day and night to finish our amazing gear handling system. The team has tested our gear and we can get the gear on the rod about 2 or 3 times in 2 minutes.
Electrical: Finished wiring and installing our pneumatic system and compressors. This means that our robot is able to switch between low and high gear for an extra boost in torque.
Programming: The programmers had many challenges to overcome with the code. They had many compilation errors with Eclipse in C++. They spent a tremendous amount of time trying to fix our compilation errors but instead, ended up switching the code to java so we could avoid the errors.
