Working with Tufts CEEO
Earlier this year, students from Team 246, Overclocked, worked with members of the Tufts Center for Engineering Education and Outreach (CEEO) and tested an AR Drone Flying LabVIEW Helicopter. Here's what some students had to say about the experience: "We liked that we got to program a quadcopter, and we got to... More
Wow.
We have been having an amazing season so far. Just wow. At WPI, we were fortunate enough to have been picked for alliance selection by Team 1100. While we didn't get past the quarterfinals, it was an amazing experience, and we knew what we had to improve in our robot. At Boston, More
Robot Done
Bagged. We are ready for both the WPI and Boston regionals!
Prototype Complete
Finally, at the end of Week 5, we have completed a prototype of the 2012 robot. What we have done so far: We completed and mounted the electronics board We wired all the motors. We completed the ball pickup mechanism and the lower conveyor. We completed the preliminary upper conveyor system: we have a... More
The Robot So Far
We were able to put in a good amount of work on our 2012 FRC robot so far. For more information, see our 2012 FRC robot page. We have built and chained a chassis. (Which is allowed to be broken -- or have a hole in one side -- this year) We... More
Update January 23rd
Today we almost finished mounting the shooter to the lazy susan. We are a few bolts away from being finished with that. We are mounting it at a 45º angle (which will give maximum range). • Worked on machining hubs for the shooter wheels • Finished mounting the prototype turret tower to the robot. More
Update January 20th-22nd
This weekend was a very productive! We finished and chained the chassis, and finalized designs for the shooter, turret and conveyor. We have also started building the turret tower and the shooter. Here are some photos. Also FTC has had their final chassis for several days now, and has finalized and begun to... More
Update January 19th
Today we re-did the wheel mounting to give the robot more clearance as it goes over the bump. Tomorrow we will add the spacers to the wheels, and chain them up. We also set up the new computer Mr. Stout built, which we will be using for CAD and programing. More
Update January 18th
Today we built a chassis in the wide configuration, built and mounted the gearboxes for it (two motors per gearbox, two gearboxes total), and are nearly done mounting the wheels. We will finish the wheel mounting and gearing tomorrow. We also started nailing down a final shooter design, which we... More
Update January 17th
Today we got a number of things done. We finished building the bridge, and we installed the basketball hoop. A note on safety: basketball is not permitted in the lab. Not only is it dangerous to yourself (so many tools and sharp objects in the lab), but you will break... More
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FIRST FRC News
- Another Perspective May 23, 2012
- Where does the time go? May 17, 2012
- FRC Live parts one and two April 26, 2012
- Are you excited yet? April 18, 2012
- Even more time in the dome April 13, 2012
- Championship and Beyond April 11, 2012
