We are so thankful for all the mentors who have helped PhyXTGears over the years. Recently we cornered Gary and asked him a few questions about FIRST and working with our team. One quote from the clip: “FIRST team program helps the students learn a lot of things that they would not learn in …
I am the head programmer of team 1720, and I have been setting the controls of various parts that the robot will have. Today, The programming team researched robotic vision that our team hopes to use in autonomous to determine whether the target we are aimed at is “hot,” ultimately deciding when we will shoot. …
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 …
On January 4th, 2014 we found what our new challenge would be — Aerial Assist! We spent the rest of that day reading through the manual trying to get a good grasp of the game rules, possible strategies, and what type of robot we might like to build. Just as we were getting inspired to …
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 …
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