This Saturday our team attended Scrimmage, an event hosted by the team 1741 Red Alert. The drive team practiced driving the robot while the programmers worked the kinks out of the code. We talked with the other teams to see what strategies they chose. There were many different designs and approaches that were very …
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 …
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 …
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 …
As we begin Week 2 of build season here at PhyXTGears, everyone kicks things into high gear. The animation team, whose current focus this month was 2016 Safety Animation. Everyone worked tirelessly. Here’s the final product. The machine room has been buzzing tonight. Chris has been working on building the shooting mechanism for the boulders in …