Posts about FTC DECODE

Ohio State Competition

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[…]

Practice 2/27/26

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[…]

2/23/2026 – Practice

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[…]

2/22/2026 WACO Learning Center Donor Appreciation

#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[…]

2/16/26

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[…]

Practice: 2/2/2026

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[…]

Miami University Qualifier

#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[…]

WACO Aerobotics win the FTC Reach award

Jan. 17, 2026 – Lebanon Qualifier

#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[…]

After Hours Coding

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[…]

Practice 1/12/2026

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[…]

Jan. 3, 2026 – Practice

Attendees: Jordan, Eric, Preston, Gavin, Jude, Asher, Maddix, Kemper, Pellum Asher, Eric, Preston, Jordan, Maddix, Jude, Kemper, Pellum got the mechanical systems integrated and wrapped[…]

New storage for the WACO Aerobotics

Jan 2, 2025 – Practice

Attendees: Jordan, Preston, Eric, Gavin, Jude, Asher Thanks to our generous sponsors for the new storage bins. Our old large bin was breaking into pieces[…]

Practice 12/30/26

Time: 9:00pm-12:00pm Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Jordan, Nick, and Maddox Coaches: Mr. Duff Overview: The goal today was to get all mechanical things down. This will[…]

Practice 12/29/25

Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm Attendance: Gavin, Preston, Eric, Nick, Jude, Asher, and Maddix Coaches: Mr. Bodey and Mr. Duff Overview: With the mechanical deadline for the robot[…]

Dec. 27, 2025 – Practice

Gavin, Preston, Asher, Jude, Eric Continued the mad dash to assemble the updated sweeper, revolver and launcher. Old pieces have been removed and new components[…]

Gavin and Asher working on disassembly

Dec. 26, 2025 – Practice

Team: Gavin, Preston, Asher Coaches: Stephen, Marcus Gavin continued coding the shooter wheels to use velocity. Issues with setting an actual velocity, but the encoders[…]

Practice 12/19/2025

Time: 6:00p.m – 8:30p.m. Attendance: Preston, Jordan, Greyson, and Nick, Coaches: Mr. Duff Overview: With little at practice tonight there is only three of the[…]

AI Styled image of WACO Aerobotics

12/15/2025 – Post Competition Debrief/Practice

Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm Attedance: Asher, Nick, Jordan, Eric, Gavin, Maddox, Greyson, Jude, and Preston Coaches: Dave, Mr. Bodey, and Mr. Duff At the start of practice[…]

Dec. 13, 2025 – Dayton Qualifier

Its competition day at Sinclair for the Dayton Qualifier matches. Some quick repairs to the robot have already happened and some food bartering. Not the[…]

Dec. 12, 2025 Practice

Attendees: Preston, Gavin, Jude, Jordan, Eric, Nick Coaches: Dave, Stephen, Marcus Competition is tomorrow, be there at 6:30am at WACO. Coaches will drive everyone to[…]