CAGE Match October 17, 2015

This past Saturday our team went to Indianapolis for CAGE Match! We had to be at our team's workshop at 5:30 in the morning and didn't get home until 10 at night. It was quite a big day! Our team participated in 7 Qualification Matches, 3 Quarter-Final Matches, 3 Semi-Final Matches, and 2 Final Matches. We ended up winning two awards; we won the "Drive it Like You Stole it" award as well as the second place award! The drive team on Saturday was John as the driver, Hannah as the operator, Mike as the drive coach, and Asher as the human player. Before the game started, several of the team members went to each team asking them to answer a survey about what their team's robot is best at and where they prefer being on the field. Anthony and Kaylynn scouted the other teams. Jessica and Ashley spent the day taking pictures. Kaylee and Ashley spent some time showing around a VIP guest at the event and explaining to her and her grand-children how FIRST robotics works. At the end of the day when we all got back home we were all exhausted, but had a really fun time at this event!

Minnetrista Family Adventure Day

We had an awesome day today at Minnetrista Family Adventure Day! A big thank you to everyone who came and visited our demo room and to Minnetrista for allowing us to participate in this fun event! :) Here's some pictures from today:

October 13, 2015

Today we've been doing a lot of things to get ready for the Minnetrista Family Adventure Day. If you haven't heard yet, we're participating in Minnetrista's Family Adventure Day from 9am-5:30pm. We have some fun things in store, we're bringing our robot "Not Yet," Sphero balls, a craft, and a video display for everyone to enjoy. Several of the team mates worked on putting together the craft bags for tomorrow.

Tonight Hannah and John have been working on drive practice as well as making some fixes for "Not Yet." Moriah worked on making extra clips for "Not Yet." In other news, John and Hannah also worked on packing what we need for CAGE Match which will be coming up this Saturday.

Our fun project of "Totebot" is still in progress! Tonight, Kaylynn worked on making the centerpiece that will hold the battery for Totebot. Griffin worked on the wiring while Matthew helped mentor him. Mike supervised as helped where needed on Totebot. Conner and Andrew worked on the programming for Totebot tonight.

Kaylee and James worked on making some more storage cabinets for our team as Gary helped with that project. Shawn and Anthony are still working on the new scouting system. Caleb and Jacob worked on improving their 3D animation skills.

Again, the Minnetrista Family Adveture Day is tomorrow, October 14, 2015 from 9am-5:30pm. We have a lot of fun things planned and all ages are welcome. We hope to see you there tomorrow!

October 8, 2015

This evening we've worked on some fun projects as well as fixing up our robot "Not Yet." Mike helped the students make sure they knew what they were doing to fix some small issues with "Not Yet." Moriah had worked on replacing clips on the fork, and John worked on the intake wheels for the robot.

As for our fun project, some of the students are working on a "Totebot" which is simply just turning a tote into a remote controlled robot of sorts. This evening Hannah was working on making motor mounts and wheel mounts for the "Totebot." Kaylee, Asher, and Kaylynn worked on "Totebot" as well. An old teammate, Ryan, came back to visit today and helped mentor some of the newer students work on "Totebot."

Anthony and Shawn worked on getting the new tablets to interact with the laptop. The new tablets will be used to make scouting easier and getting all of our information in one place in a quicker and more efficient way.

Velvet was able to make a schedule for our team for our next upcoming event, CAGE Match. This evening, Rob and Max worked on cleaning up the network and Wi-Fi for the robot and driver's station.

EV3 Workshop

  LEGO EV3 ROBOTICS WORKSHOP

for 4th-8th grade students

Saturday, Oct. 31 or Nov. 7

10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Workshop Fee: $25

Limited number of spaces available

Workshop held at:

Morrison Mock Professional Center (drive around to the back of the building)

3620 W. White River Blvd. Muncie, IN

Questions can be emailed to: phyxtgears@gmail.com

This workshop will be led by high school students of the Muncie-Delaware FIRST robotics team.

Adult team mentors will also be present.

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