March 8, 2025 Metal Milling
Aerobots went on an educational adventure to Edison Community College for some hands on learning for metal milling and lathing. Created adapters for new gear[…]
WACO Brickmasters Showcase
5140 participated in WACOs Lego Brickmasters event today, talking about FTC, the team and demoing the robot. Several groups of varying ages got to drive[…]
Aerobotics Project Site
Moved away from Notion as we hit the 1000 page count very fast with the blog. Converted into a self hosted site using WordPress. Converting[…]
Practice – February 7
Driver meeting. We practiced with the robot, finding and fixing several issues: We replaced two servos that the wires came out of. We improved our[…]
Practice – February 3rd
We fixed the horizontal arm mechanism, which was slipping. After that, we drove the robot around and troubleshot issues with the hand servo. Kyle and[…]
Drivers Practice 1/30
Attendence: Preston, Gavin, Nicholas, Marcus Duff Finished attaching supported DC motors for horizontal arm. Found out that the slider in the arm came loose so[…]
Practice – January 27th
The team worked on strengthening the robot’s chassis and motors. Attendence: Preston, Nick, Jordan, Kyle, Carter, Stephen, Gavin Finished strengthening horizontal arm and reinforcing Both[…]
Practice – January 20th
We drove the robot and looked at problems that were occurring. We fixed them by switching to a pulley system for the horizontal arm. After[…]
Practice – January 18th
Gavin worked on designing a new wheel-driven specimen grabber. Jordan worked on putting a DC motor on the existing claw to make it more stable.[…]
Jan 13, 2025 – Sponsor Demo and Practice
Demonstrated robot to WACO Board of Directors and Collins Aerospace. Went over FTC game rules, how the robot was built and answered general questions about[…]
January 11th – Competition
Today was the first qualifying competition. We started out doing really well, being in 8th place out of 26, but eventually fell behind to 21st.[…]
Practice – January 9th
We fixed some issues in coding, making the robot easier to handle during competition. For example, we switched our claw assembly to a locked position[…]
Practice – January 4th
Robot was tested. Everything works, but not well. Michael finalized the coding for the robot, mainly running into issues with servos. Eric, Gavin, and Jordan[…]
Practice – January 2
Michael coded the brush and vertical basket. Eric, Jordan, and Nick fixed and lubricated the vertical system. Preston continued with documentation.
Practice – December 28
Jordan worked on the basket to lift specimens. Eric worked on stabilizing the horizontal arm. Gavin added mechanical stops to the horizontal arm and worked[…]
Practice – December 26
Nick and Eric worked on attaching the Horizontal Arm to the robot. Preston worked on a bracket to stabilize a component of the vertical arm,[…]