Build Season: Day 5

Today Hannah Shaffer worked on putting the transmission together. Athena and Ashley Nagel worked on chassis cutting off some parts and putting them together. Matthew Shaffer worked on a CAD model for the robot. Ryan Spangler and Jeremiah Bennett helped level the prototype ball slinger and finished working on the thing that pushed the ball …

Build Season: Day 4

Tonight, there were multiple teams working on several prototype designs, among other things.  We’re still in the stages of figuring out what we can and can’t achieve, which is where prototyping comes in. The documentation team interviewed as many team members as they could.  These interviews should find their way onto the team’s YouTube channel …

Build Season: Day 3

Today we split up into different teams to start prototyping designs for the robot. The prototyping team I was on worked on a launcher. Anther team worked on a three stage robot prototype. It picked up the balls of the ground, held them in the middle, and then fired them. My brother, Matthew, started working …

Build Season is Here!

Hello everyone and welcome to team 1720’s new blog! Yesterday was the first day of our build season. This is when we find out what kind of challenging game our robot is going to play. This year the game is called “Rebound Rumble!” To see how the game is played you can watch the animation …