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! 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

A very Happy New Year from all of us to you!!! We wish you all the best for 2013!

Now, to help everyone here in Muncie ring in the New Year we are taking our New Years Ball downtown again this year and setting it up for an amazing show that will be sure to help Light up Downtown! Here is a link to the local Star Press that has some more information on other cool things that are in the works for tonight.

Again, from all of us to you, have a happy, fun, and safe New Year!!!

We keep on keeping on

Our ball is still in pieces across a couple of tables with it's multitude of wires still needing to be soldering into place. We are running low on time now, which is some times when we do our best work. We are two weeks away form our deadline to have this thing totally up and running! I think we can do it!

                                           

For one thing our program is pretty much ready to go... hopefully it works as well on the ball as it does in the computer!


Today we also worked more on the flashlights that will be a part of our light show on new years. There was also some more testing of our fog machine to get it just right for the best show possible on the big day!

Jessica Bennett

The Light in the Mist

Well... We are still working on the New Years Ball again this week.... Some progress has been made since last week. We had an extra work day on Saturday to get a little farther. And by the way things look now we will be having another one this weekend.

Right now most of our balls "guts" are on a table being re-wired. Then our programing team is still hard at work trying to get everything to work while staying somewhat organized. The programmers are also trying to find/make an app that will serve as a timer to make sure the program runs on time.















Oh yes... we are also experimenting with our new fog machine this week... let's just say it can make plenty of fog!!! Both the inside and outside of our building were pretty hazy by the time we were finished with it!

Jessica Bennett