February 16, 2017

Today, Spencer and Joe will try to finish the Barrier mission. They're adding in pandas and vet. Carter and Phil are going to work on the bee, pig, and poop. Cooper is finalizing his claw for Animal Conservation. Cody is writing this blog post. We will practice our skit and maybe Core Values today as well.

          Until next time, keep building!

February 15, 2016

We worked on the shark frame, which pushes the shark out to the area while we do the dog mission (time saver!). What we did is alter the pushing platform at an angle so the contraption would be forced against the west wall, and so the robot doesn't get caught as it turns away. We also created a differential (one larger wheel, then another) to help the contraption follow the west wall. For Animal Conservation. we changed our spinning stick to be split into two parts instead of only one, allowing it to grab easier and spin faster. We also played Kahoot! Joe won.

              Until next time, keep building!

January 31, 2017

To start practice today, we just did building mostly. But after everyone arrived and prep was finished, we played a Core Values game we made called Postal Service. There were 6 areas, each with items, a mailbox, and a safe zone. One person delivered an item to the mailbox of another, and the person there moved it to their safe zone. If they weren't there, it could be stolen from the box by the thieves. Then, we just went back to robot and building for the rest of practice. For example, Cooper tried to rebuild the shark brace so we could deliver the shark to the east rectangle to get extra points. The team is also building a long arm to deliver the bee and pig. Finally, Spencer is working on code to do the pandas.


                Until next time, keep building!

January 26, 2017 Update

We tried to do shark, but we couldn't get enough propulsion from our ramp without tipping the shark over.  We also played a kahoot to put some information into our heads that we need to know for the State Tournament.  We are also working on a basket that carries the bee into the hive.  This attachment is in production and has not been tried out yet.  It is still a prototype.


                   Until next time, keep building!

January 26, 2017

Today we are attempting to make a self-driving shark windup mechanism that will go to the east rectangle. We are putting the shark on the bottom of the tank by flipping it over, because that is legal and he is only touching the tank floor! We need more force to get him to bang into the wall, as we need to line up for the right box. We also did a quiz, and there are two developers working on more! We are going to do 3D printing with a teacher at this school so we can print models of our animal ramp (AmphibiRamp).

      Until next time, keep building!