The 10th of January...

Today we worked on brackets for the pick up system, the shooter, fighting with destiny, and making rainbow names :3


The shooter is a two wheel system, the frisbee will be in contact with one and then the other.
Our pickup system has something to do with black magic because I do not understand how it works o.o

The fight with destiny was long and intense, no one was sure who would win and sadly no pictures were taken due to it being to epically awesome for your eyes.


Then the rainbow names are rainbowy in there weird rainboweness way,
also the pizza hut regulations were broke due to a non-employee wearing one of their hats on backwards. :D

So mistakes were made and stuff in this parallel universe was corrected. so we will battle on... BATTLE ON MY WARRIORS!

-Ashley and Anna
Documenters of the war >.<

Here we go again!

Tonight we had a short meeting to talk about what work needs to be done tonight. In said meeting we determined that A) We are going to aim for picking up the frisbees and dumping them B) Climbing some how... and C) Actually throwing the frisbees too.

Today a couple of people worked with Bryan on a system to pick up a frisbee. Then another group started on the chassis, and yet another group made some progress on the firing system. Oh, and of course you are reading the blog from today, so that was done by me. Then these lovely photos are brought to you by Ashley and Anna.

Hannah, and Moriah working on 3D printed parts

Hunter, Matthew and Bryan working on a frisbee pick up system

Mike and Gary looking over our 3D printer

Gary looking up drawings for the playing field

Our programmers!!!

~Jessica B.

First Build Day

First day of our build season after kick off! Week one...

We are dividing into smaller teams to start working on our bot. We have been talking a lot about different strategies for this years game, it's going to be an interesting task to find one that will work for us. FIRST definitely gave all of us a challenge, we are ready to take it on though!!!

Today we started working on the feeding slot system so that we have a part of the field to practice with. We are also trying to prototype a system that will pick up the frisbees from the ground. The two hardest things to design and get going so far are the pick up mechanism, then how to climb the tower.

Jessica Bennett

(Photos by Ashley and Anna)

 

KICK OFF IS HERE!!!!

It's time for the six weeks of build season to begin! Today we find out what our game is going to be for this year and what kind of robot we have to build to play. From here on out we will be meeting pretty much every day for six weeks to get this robot designed, built and programed before our ship deadline. Oh and if you are unfamiliar with FIRST Robotics, we are a team of High Schoolers from all over Muncie/Delaware County and even surrounding counties, who work with a handful of mentors to achieve the task we are given and to strive for excellence.

This years game is called Ultimate Ascent. You can check out the game animation on YouTube. Yes, we have to build a robot that will FRISBEE GOLF!!! Then for added bonus points the robot can climb up a tube pyramid of sorts to win an extra 10, 20, or 30 points! Have I already mentioned that we only have six weeks!?!

After this weekend will be meeting Monday-Thursday 6pm-9pm, Saturday we will be working from 10am-5pm (only lunch will be provided, parents should contact Velvet Miller) and Sunday from 1pm-5pm. Team members are required to put in 8 hours a week this year to be considered an active member of 1720 and to be allowed to travel with the team to the regional competition later this year.

Let the fun begin! Good luck teams from 1720 the PhyXTGears!!!

Jessica B.

New Years Events

Here are some photos of the prep work and the end result of that work from this years ball drop downtown this year.

The finished product!

The programmers

Shining up the ball for it's big entrance.

The team and our friends from WMDH

Ready to roll!

Last minute check.

Almost ready to go...

TADA :D

You can also see an awesome video of the event Here!