Feeling slightly better than in our last post as we’ve sorted out the majority of the robot and just have one large decision to make(which hopper to use) before it’s full steam ahead with CAD. The team was feeling very behind at the start of the week, but our teams ability to CAD and turn […]
1/22/20 Starting to Pick Up Steam Read More »
Wow, the last two weeks have absolutely flown by. So where do we currently stand? Currently just hitting the end of our prototyping phase and hopefully by Tuesday night will have the our final decision for the major mechanisms on the robot. It’s hard to not feel behind right now, but I have a feeling
1/18 Coming to a close on Week Two Read More »
Busy end to week one with the team, lots of focus on building a prototyping some major mechanisms, and working on CAD for the drive train. The team has started putting together a document that will eventually turn into our Engineering Notebook, you can find that here. That is a living document, so as we
1/13 End of Week One Read More »
Today we decided to do interviews on some of the new mentors for the team, asking them some questions having to do with their FIRST beginnings in mentoring and being on a team. Andrew Colletta Saw that we were looking for mentors and decided to join Computer Science Major, Boston University, 2019 Part of FIRST
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Update: It’s still not a water game. But the enthusiasm and engagement of the team seems to be at a fairly high level so far, hopefully paving the way to a good season. Right now, the whole team is working full-steam in order to create a variety of prototypes, including climbers and shooters. Although it
Getting a Move On – 1/8/20 Read More »
Initial Impressions From initial impressions Stronghold 2 looks like a fun game with some interesting design challenges! Shooting seems very similar to 2016 with the added challenge of indexing and rapidly shooting 5 balls. Ranking could be interesting this year as the RP challenges seem more difficult than previous years and climbing points could shift
Team 6328, Mechanical Advantage, from Littleton, MA is comprised of 43 students and 18 mentors. This will be the teams 4th season competition and the team is set out this season to double the number of banners currently hanging in the shop. This season, 6328 will be competing at Northern CT, Carleton University in Ottawa,
