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Build Day 6

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 13, 2012
Post category:Blog

We're getting closer to a final design. We have prototypes of most of the subsystems underway. The collector prototype was able to run today powered by a drill. We were…

Build Day 5

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 12, 2012
Post category:Blog

Design Review #1 Today was our first design review of the season. The goal of these meetings is to ensure that every member of the team knows the progress of…

Build Update Day 4

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 11, 2012
Post category:Blog

The 1st week is moving along. We're four days in and I think we are finally starting to really understand some of the problems that we will face with our…

Build Update Day 3: First School Day

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 10, 2012
Post category:Blog

Turnout was a bit small today as well. But that's probably due to all the flooding in Houston. We still managed to salvage a pretty productive day. The mechanical teams…

Build Update Day 2

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 9, 2012
Post category:Blog

The high of kickoff has already worn down and we are starting to get into the gritty details of our design. Starting from the chassis and moving up. Seeing as…

Kickoff 2012

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 7, 2012
Post category:Blog

The 21st FIRST game, "Rebound Rumble", was released today. It's another bit of amalgamation from FIRST combining 2001's bridge balancing (Cooperative balancing) with the 2006 game, Aim High. I was excited…

Build Log

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:December 11, 2011
Post category:Blog

I will be updating the progress of FIRST Team 3847 Spectrum. There will be an update posted after every meeting.