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Read more about the article Day 9: 1st Boot Camp Build Day

Day 9: 1st Boot Camp Build Day

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 12, 2015
  • Post category:Blog

Sorry for the delayed post, we had a long weekend. Yesterday we opened our lab to 6 other local teams so they could collaborate with us as we all worked…

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Read more about the article Day 8: More Prototyping

Day 8: More Prototyping

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 11, 2015
  • Post category:Blog

Today we worked more on our prototypes. Tote Puller Here is the working version of our tote puller.  This mechanism will be used to retrieve the totes from their starting…

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Read more about the article Day 7: Prototyping Continues

Day 7: Prototyping Continues

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 10, 2015
  • Post category:Blog

We made progress on some of our prototypes today. 4-Bar Lift We added a tilt to the lift to aid in the lifting and releasing of the totes.  Hopefully, this…

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Day 6: 4-Bar & the Q&A

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 9, 2015
  • Post category:Blog

4-Bar Arm Prototype This is our current arm prototype. It can stack totes and put an RC (Recycling Container) on top of 4 scored totes. Problems we are still trying…

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Day 5: Ideal Alliance Partner

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 8, 2015
  • Post category:Blog

We did more work on the 4-bar prototype today and got it lifting totes and containers. We will release videos in tomorrow's post. We had to make slight modifications to…

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Read more about the article Day 4: More Prototyping & 4-Bar CAD

Day 4: More Prototyping & 4-Bar CAD

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 7, 2015
  • Post category:Blog

We worked out a few more iterations and developments today but made no major changes. We started looking at quick ways to drag totes from the landfill. We could use…

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Read more about the article Day 3: 4-Bar Prototype

Day 3: 4-Bar Prototype

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 6, 2015
  • Post category:Blog

Most of today was spent working on the 4-bar prototype. This design was inspired heavily by FRC#148 The Robowrangler's 2011 robot Raptor.  We didn't get it powered on today, but…

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Day 2: Prototypes Have Begun

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 5, 2015
  • Post category:Blog

We did a lot more work on day 2. Our passive manipulator designs progressed further, and we modified our 2013 robot to use its lift as way to test basic…

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Day 1: Change is Here

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:January 4, 2015
  • Post category:Blog

The 2015 kickoff has come and gone. Recycle Rush This is a drastic change in FRC's recent history. Alliances won't be interacting with each other very much in this game;…

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Hello world!

  • Post author:Spectrum 3847
  • Post published:December 4, 2014
  • Post category:Blog

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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