Week 2 – PhyXTgears Build Season Progress

January 16th 2014 we began building prototypes and parts of the Aerial Assist arena. We built the low goals to test our kicking prototype for the robot. This is the kicking mechanism we had come up with. Constructing The chassy for the robot. Small weekly chores: -Lots of CAD drawings -Lots of videos/interviews -Lots of …

Ringing in the New Year 2014 ~ Muncie New Year’s Eve Ball Drop

For over five years, Team 1720 has built and maintained the ball that drops in Muncie’s New Year’s Eve celebration. This year we added a GoPro camera to the ball to get an aerial view of the crowd. The ball was dropped from a crane timed with the New York City Times Square celebration. The …