2019 Day 10
Cargo MechanismThis will hold the cargo on the elevator. The mechanism will intake it from the over the bumper ball mechanism. The tilt of this mechanism lets us start the…
Cargo MechanismThis will hold the cargo on the elevator. The mechanism will intake it from the over the bumper ball mechanism. The tilt of this mechanism lets us start the…
As we start bring our ideas to life in CAD there have been a few robots that we keep coming back to for inspiration.GUS FRC#228 - 2011CAD DownloadGUS' 2011 robot…
Progress ReportThe team spent the majority of their time in the lab today tuning their subsystem designs.Sheet Metal DeadlineThe subsystems that require sheet metal are really trying to meet next…
AllenlessToday was no ordinary day of build season for Spectrum. It was our first of two days without our Lead Mentor, Allen Gregory. Sadly, FIRST Headquarters has claimed him for…
One of the projects we have added this year is building an MCC robot with some our new students. This gives us the ability to have them build, wire, and…
Ball Sizing RingsWe laser cut 3 ball sizing rings, 12.5", 13", and 13.5" in diameter. This lets us inflate balls to the various levels inside the tolerance range so that…
Drivetrain Eight Wheeled Drivetrain4” wheels - no need to go any larger because no possibility of driving on to the HAB sideways; climbing is always forwardCan go over cable cover and…
Most of today was spent finishing up playing field tasks but we also had a few prototypes and CAD sessions to help flush out the initial design of the robot. Simple…
Practice Field BuildingMost of our manpower was spent on field building today. We started day making a lumber run for our modified version of the wooden field elements. We had…
Kickoff for our 9th season was today with the release of FRC Destination Deep Space.See the reveal video below and read the manual here.We started today answering a whole host…