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Read more about the article Day 28: Full Robot Demo for FLL Team Visit

Day 28: Full Robot Demo for FLL Team Visit

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:February 1, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

We started the day off with a visit from one of our local FLL teams, from The St. Thomas More School. These students were all 5th through 7th grades and…

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Day 27: More Power + Collection Testing

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 31, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

We received our 4 MiniCIMs from West Coast Products today. VexPro was out of stock but R.C. over at WCP was able to get us what we needed. They also…

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Read more about the article Day 26: It looks like a robot

Day 26: It looks like a robot

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 30, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Lots of robot pictures today. We got the back panel mostly constructed and the collector mounted. The robot in this configuration weights 117lbs with the battery. That means we should…

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Read more about the article Day 25: Sheetmetal Everywhere

Day 25: Sheetmetal Everywhere

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 29, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

We just got our second run of laser cut parts back from our sponsor's facility. One of our students was there till almost midnight getting everything cut and bent for…

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Read more about the article Day 24: Octocanum on the ground

Day 24: Octocanum on the ground

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 28, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Sorry for not having a post yesterday, we were hanging out with a few young teams at the Houston Bootcamp build day round 2.We were working on getting their electrical…

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Read more about the article Day 22: Zoom Zoom

Day 22: Zoom Zoom

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 26, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Here is the the video from our Butterfly drive test. This looks really good and is just a lot of fun to drive. If the omnidirectional drive doesn't work out…

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Read more about the article Day 21: Ice Day low of 28 degrees in Houston

Day 21: Ice Day low of 28 degrees in Houston

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 25, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

We had an ice day today so no school. Many of the Houston overpasses were iced over this morning. This only happens every 2 or 3 years, but when it…

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Day 20: Strategy and Tactics

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 24, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Lots of CAD work today and we worked out some dimensions for our wings that will help us catch the ball and also maintain position of the ball. Not to…

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Read more about the article Day 19: Launcher Video and More CAD

Day 19: Launcher Video and More CAD

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 23, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

We finally have some good video of our launcher prototype. It's performing as we expected, with a wide range of potential shots, some of them we didn't even think about…

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Read more about the article Day 18: Parts Arrive

Day 18: Parts Arrive

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 22, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

After the long weekend we got many of our orders from week two. We had a large amounts of screws, bolts, and nuts from McMaster-Carr and Bolt Depot. We received…

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