These past two weeks Team 930 has been working hard to prepare for the Lake Superior Regional located in Duluth, MN. The competition included 54 other teams from across The Midwest. After 2 days of qualifying matches, we made it to the quarter-finals. We ended the regional ranked 10th and had a record of 7-3-2. We were awarded the “Biggest Help!” award from team 3418 RoboRiot for providing assistance to their team. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see our Duluth recap video for more information, regarding the experience, our ranking, and more, coming soon this week. (https://www.youtube.com/@FRCTeam930).
The Electrical subteam prepared spare motors for Duluth and tested batteries to ensure they were not faulty. Our CAD subteam designed a new intake and retrofitted the drivetrain to fit the new intake design. The fabrication subteam fabricated last minute parts and replacement parts for the robot in the event that something breaks at competitions. Overall, our Electromechanical team has been very hard at work ensuring a successful time at competitions.
Programming worked to tune the pivot, elevator and shooter of our robot before we headed to Duluth. They also documented autonomous paths for the pit documentation and they fixed issues with rotation during the path by tuning PIDs.
The Business team had a very eventful week. They worked on our Sussex recap video and a Drive Team Reveal video and then posted to YouTube. Subscribe to us on YouTube using this link to never miss out on our future posts (https://www.youtube.com/@FRCTeam930). Business students also made an Instagram post regarding STEM night at the Admirals game on March 9th at 6:00pm. If you follow our instagram (instagram.com/team930) we keep our followers updated with the outcome of the matches that we participate in at our regional events. Our Regionals that we will be attending include: the Lake Superior Regional in Duluth (2/28/24 - 3/2/24), the Wisconsin Regional in Milwaukee (3/14/24 - 3/17/24), and the Midwest Regional in Chicago (3/27/24 - 3/30/24).
This year, our Strategy team is combining forces with team 6421, WarriorBots, and team 6574, Ferradermis, to create a scouting alliance that will help all of our teams acquire more accurate data at the competitions. This week they had a meeting to finalize our scouting alliance plans for Duluth. They reviewed the Sussex data and worked with that data in SQL. Our Strategy students created a schedule for Duluth that allows some students to scout from the stands and some students to be working on the robot that allows team members to get some experience in all parts of the competition. Scouting is collecting data about other robots that will help us determine who we want to partner with in the finals to be in our alliance.
This week our FIRST Impact team ordered and made the FIRST Impact boards that we used to present to judges. Along with that, they also printed out informational pamphlets for judges to show how much community outreach our team provides. Beyond team judging, during our Duluth regional, our FIRST Impact team presented the presentation that they have worked on for many weeks. This presentation focuses on our outreach in the community and spreading the word of FIRST.
We are so thankful to all of our sponsors who allow us to attend competitions and help make our program successful and our team thrive. Make sure to check out our YouTube and social media for our next upcoming regional and any future updates!