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Day 6: It finally happened

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 11, 2013
Post category:Blog

Our design was going along a little too well. We knew something wasn't right and we finally figured it out. Using this mess on the white board and a very…

2013 Day 5: prototyping everything

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 10, 2013
Post category:Blog

The mad race to get working prototypes continued for day 5. We made some new discoveries that we have to deal with in our designs but nothing seems to be…

Build Season Day 4: Things are looking good

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 9, 2013
Post category:Blog

So far everything has been going very smoothly this season. We have had parents bringing very delicious meals to the team, which we are very grateful for. One of our…

Ultimate Ascent Day #3: First prototype video

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 8, 2013
Post category:Blog

We keep moving. We have had several versions of shooters, but this is the first one worth posting about. It uses an R/C dune buggy wheel to fire the disk.…

2013 Build Season Day 2

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 7, 2013
Post category:Blog

We were back at it this morning. Several of us spent well over 24 hours in the lab this weekend. We have done more prototyping in 2 days than we…

Spectrum 3847 – 2013 FRC Build Log: It’s finally here

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:January 6, 2013
Post category:Blog

The game for 2013 was released this morning. We will be back nightly to build and will post updates from here on out. And here's the game FRC 2013 Ultimate…

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas 2012

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:December 31, 2012
Post category:Blog

On Friday (12/28/12) we were invited to demo our FRC robot at the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas as part of an ExxonMobil demonstration. FRC# 57 The Leopards from…

Mentors for a Day 2012

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:December 28, 2012
Post category:Blog

This fall we started a new program to bring engineers and scientist in from our community to speak to our team and our schools. A couple of these guests have already made…

HoustonISD VEX League Day 1

Post author:Spectrum 3847
Post published:December 18, 2012
Post category:Blog

Spectrum is helping organize the Houston ISD VEX Robotics League as part of their UIL Academic tournaments. So far we have helped start VEX Robotics teams at 7 HISD High Schools…

Spectrum Mock Kickoff 2012-13

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

Spectrum hosted the inaugural Houston Area Mock Kickoff this Saturday (Dec 8th, 2012) at St. Agnes Academy. The event is modeled after events that take place in Michigan by Code Red…