The Robot Is Bagged!

Bag and Tag Day has come and gone, but things are still busy here at Team 1720’s headquarters! The Programming team is working on vision and other top secret things that can’t tell me about. 🙂 The animation team is currently working on a new video. The storyboard is done and they are starting to animate. …

Build Week Six Is Coming On Strong

This week our robot has successfully crossed barriers and is working on the climbing. Our practice robot is right up there with it, as it achieves its goals. The programmers are building the basic code to cover the robot’s necessities for now.     With a few modifications our robot is slowly being perfected. The …

Things are Coming Together in Build Week Five

  This week the build team has the robot almost finished while the animation team works on an animation for the 2016 Dave Lavery Animation Award. The programming team is preparing for a long stretch ahead, as the media them polishes the website. Our team looks forward to the competitions ahead. Here’s a huge thanks …

High Expectations In Build Week Four

  Here at the PhyXTGears headquarters things are coming together excellently, as the team works hard to reach their goal. The chassis has been assembled and painted, the shooter mechanism is functional, and all of the game pieces have been built. The team works quickly as “Bag and Tag Day” grows ever closer. While the …