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5140’s season came to a close this weekend with our journey ending at the FTC Ohio State Competition in Troy, OH. This was WACO Aerobotics[…]

Attendance: 3/6/26-Preston,Nick, Gavin, Jude, and Greyson – 3/7/26 Preston, Nick, Gavin, Jude, Jordan, Greyson, and Asher There is a lot going on in this next[…]

Time: Monday, 6:00pm. – 9:00pm. Attendance: Gavin, Jude, Preston, Eric, Asher. Two weeks until state. Coders: Coding has been interrupted while we fixed the geneva[…]

Time: Friday, 6:00pm. – 9:00pm. Attendance: Nick, Gavin, Jude, Preston, Eric, Asher, and Greyson The team is currently getting close to the final phases of[…]

Attendance 2/23/26: Gavin, Preston, Greyson, Jude, and Asher We are currently 7 practices away from state. Here is where we stand: After some simple errors[…]

Date: Wednesday, 11:45pm-12:12pm Members: Gavin and Nick Since we will be having 5 senior members leaving this year. The robotics team will hence be losing[…]

#5140 attended and provided demonstrations of the robot during WACO Learning Center donor appreciation for the new education center. We talked with donors about what[…]

Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm Attendance 2/20/26: Nick, Gavin, Preston, Greyson, Jude, Jordan, and Asher We are currently 7 practices away from state. Here is where we stand:[…]

At today’s practice, we moved into the new building, this time everything, for good, EVERYTHING. Nick please sort… and youngins, please keep room nice. PEGS[…]

IMU has now been shipped.The launch motor is now fixed and workingAlso there is a servo that was attatched for the ball pusher The field[…]

Maybe Note : When starting autonomous, preload the same color of balls and position 3. Then initialize, and align position 3. Campfire: Got Geneva mechanism[…]

Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Nick, Jordan, Eric, Jude, Greyson, and Asher Coaches: Mr. Barth, Mr. Duff, and Mr. Bodey Overview 2/6/26: For the first half of[…]

Attendance: Preston, Nick, Grayson, Gavin, Asher, Eric, Jude Coaches: Dave, Marcus Coding: Gavin wrote a test script to run the prototype revolverless mechanism. Mechanical: Preston[…]

Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Nick, Jordan, Eric, Jude, Greyson Coaches: Mr. Duff, Mr. Bodey, and Dave As an overview, the next competition is State Championships. It[…]

#5140 pushed hard for a quick turnaround into the Miami University Qualification match on Jan. 24, 2025. Some coaches and players could not attend but[…]

Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Eric, Asher, Nick, Greyson, Maddox, Jude, and Jordan Coaches: Dave, Mr. Duff, Mr. Bodey Coders: Fixed some problems with the autonomous codes.[…]

#5140 competed in the FTC Qualifier event at the Warren County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Ohio. The first match started out strong, getting good accuracy on[…]

Coders have been hard at work in between practices getting autonomous working and ironing out bugs in the mechanisms. Trajectory simulation using MeepMeep laid out[…]

Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Jordan, Eric, Nick, Asher, Jude, Greyson, Maddox, and Pellum. Coaches: Marcus, Dave, Stephen To-Do List: Coaches wisdom: Make sure we are here for[…]

Today we worked on the portfolio, organization and accuracy of the launcher. Our trifold poster was also reviewed and finished. The code team fixed multiple[…]