The team had an exciting weekend at our first district competition at Plainfield High School. Our robot successfully climbed with a buddy robot, and we made it to the playoffs as part of the 8th seed alliance. Our two Dean’s…
Swerving into Build Week One
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…
Planning, Strategizing, and Designing. Oh, My!
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…
A Pile of Gears
Here in Muncie, one of the PhyXTGears new FLL sibling teams, the Sprockets, went to a competition Nov. 11 in Kokomo. They presented their team’s core values and team water project to the judges before competing with the designed,…
Lego My League!
The Planetary Gears are out of this world! The PhyXTGears are very excited to launch our first FIRST Lego League (FLL) team in our home at the Madjax Maker’s Force in downtown Muncie. The Planetary Gears kicked off their season August…