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 at the shop tonight. Our team was excited to share their ideas and hear the …

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 twenty-ninth with several interested parents and students. The new FLL team will build a Lego …

Our World Class Experience

During our world class experience in April, 35 students and mentors from Muncie’s own PhyXTGears team 1720 traveled to St. Louis, Missouri, to compete in the World Championships of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics, making it to the quarterfinals in the elimination rounds on their division field, Curie, named after …

PhyXTGears Earns a Spot at World Championships

Muncie Delaware Robotics, known as the PhyXTGears team 1720, is one of only 14 teams from Indiana to earn a spot at the FIRST World Championship Competition in St. Louis, Missouri. They earned their spot as the top-ranked team in Indiana after finishing as a finalist in the Indiana State Championship Competition this past weekend …