Team 930 has been putting the finishing touches on the competition robot and preparing for the Sussex Scrimmage. The Sussex Scrimmage is a series of practice matches, early on in the season that gives teams practice before actual competitions. This year, the Sussex Scrimmage is February 16th 2025, at Hamilton High School. Matches will run from around 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. We hope you stop by to see us compete!
Over the last two weeks, the CAD team 3D printed several spare parts and the cable track mount. They are also working on a way to make the belly pan lighter. Finally, CAD is iterating on the design of the robot’s climber to gain additional points during the endgame.
The Business team finalized the sponsor banner and emailed shirt companies for quotes. A business plan was created for judging and the panel on robots that shows our sponsors was started.
FIRST Impact gathered a group to go to Advocacy Day! A few team members went to our Capital Building in Madison for FIRST Advocacy Day. We had the opportunity to meet with state legislatures and talk about how important STEM and Robotics programs are to our community and schools. We asked to raise the amount available in the Department of Public Instruction Grant and expand the eligible grades from 6-12 to K-12. This should help to make robotics available to all students in Wisconsin. It was a pleasure to talk to Representative Cindi Duchow and to combine forces with Team 6421, Warriorbots talking with Representative Chuck Wichgers. First Impact also submitted the final Woodie Flowers essays, after another round of editing. In week six, they submitted both the FIRST Impact Essays and Executive Summaries!
Programming was busy tuning the robot mechanisms and adding new commands that score in the reef (A big rack where game pieces can be scored). Additionally, previous driving commands were modified to accommodate the new weight of the robot. Now they are all packed and ready to go for the Sussex Scrimmage.
Our Fabrication sub team finished the bumper structure and are now starting to fabricate the second version of the climber. They also ensured our team had additional robot parts using the CNC machine.
Electromechanical iterated on their previous designs and implemented changes to the robot by swapping gears, reinforcing the carriage, and figuring out the disassembly processes. In addition they finished the assembly of the elevator that will enable our robot to score in the highest scoring location. Electromechanical continued the assembly of updated subparts, like the climbers. The finishing touches were put on the bumpers, handles, and they ensured all components of the robot are competition legal. They planned out replacement parts for competitions should parts to the elevator, shoulder or intake break.
We’re looking forward to debuting our robot at Sussex, and a successful start to the competition season!