It is National Mentor Appreciation Month! Mentors do so many things for their students, especially taking much time out of their schedule to work with them. As they are working, they also make sure to build great relationships with their students, teaching and guiding them along the way as they do their tasks. So to …
What are the PhyXTGears up to? Well, here at the end of build week one we have started to prototype some of the ideas our students and mentors presented on Tuesday. The Woodworking team is very busy working on the complicated field pieces for this year’s game. Over in the mechanical room students are working …
Holy smokes Batman, it’s time you meet the BattHawk! Here at Muncie’s Robotics, we have manufactured a new design, the BattHawk™. It is a voltmeter that can replace a battery flag, measuring the battery voltage without draining it significantly during competition times. This can help dramatically since the status of all the batteries will be …
What do ramps, sensors, scoops, hooks, pulleys, gaps, and flippers have in common? These are all parts of design brainstorms from PhyXTGears team members and mentors that were presented, explained, and discussed in detail at tonight’s planning and strategy meeting at the shop tonight. Our team was excited to share their ideas and hear the …