Author: Allen Gregory

 Results:Excellence in Engineering AwardWe ranked 4th, was the 1st pick of the 1st alliance, and were eliminated in our third playoff match. We ended up with a 9-4-0 record. Thank…

 These were made on Tuesday, sorry for the late post.Other controls items we are working onImproved pose/vision aimingFaster amp scoringImproved feeding/passing auto-aimingFaster climb/trap sequence Source: Spectrum

 One of our goals coming out of Belton was to swap any major control system component with as little downtime as possible. To achieve this, we have created our Warm…

 Results:District Event FinalistIndustrial Design AwardLast weekend, Spectrum competed at the Houston District Event. We went 10-7-0 overall, and finished ranked 4th. We won every playoff match in the upper bracket…

 We compete in at the Houston district this weekend with both 3847 and 8515. Both robots have seen some upgrades to improve their performance. We worked to make our intake…

 We actually did this yesterday but forgot to add it to the blog. Source: Spectrum

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 Results: Gracious Professionalism AwardThis weekend, Photon competed at the Katy District Event. To begin, we would like to thank our alliance captain the 9478 Robo-Colts, and our other alliance member the…

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We have been playing around with various ways to improve our trap mechanism while still letting us amp quickly. The new mechanism is basically a powered cape.Amp Scorehttps://photos.smugmug.com/2024-FRC/Build-Season/Week-8-2024/i-XkCPqsc/0/5sCZbx8wH7Qqv7zfL5wjrwrnffg7LfCkMS3DNcd7/1920/Amp%20with%20roller%20cape-1920.mp4Trap Scorehttps://photos.smugmug.com/2024-FRC/Build-Season/Week-8-2024/i-LPPJjQr/0/Zwbw33SVRJfQsLMcrDRvtS52JhD2RdmCXfgMJXjm/1920/IMG_3902-1920.mp4This works…