More FIRST Robotics with Team MAX
Things are going well so far with the robot both clearing balls in autonomous mode and scoreing in tele-operated.
FIRST Robotics Connecticut Regional
Today I am the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, CT to watch Iona and the rest of Team MAX 1071 compete in the FIRST Robotics Connecticut Regional.
You can watch it for your self here.
I will have a million photos on Flickr, but here are a few to get started.
Saturday in Edinburgh
Had a tremendous day today, my brother Nick and his girls games through to visit and we spend a gorgeous afternoon in Edinburgh’s Botanics
After tea tonight we were able to watch […]
Alive and Kicking
As you can see, our robot (at least the beta one, this year we are building two so we have one to practice with after the other is shipped, and the production one doesn’t have its wheels on yet) is kicking nicely!
I is so exciting to see the student’s ideas turned into reality by some amazingly talented engineers.
:: Justin ::
Robotics so far
We are now about half way through the FIRST Robotics six week long build season. For those of you whose life does not revolve around such things, here’s a quick reminder:
The team (MAX1071 in this case) has six week to build a robot to play this game:
After a lot of thinking and a lot of work, this is where we have got to so far:
We’ve built a kicker which can now at the press on a button (or the touching of two wires) kick a soccer ball the length of […]
FIRST Robotics Kickoff
This morning, Iona and I had the great privilege of getting up ridiculously early and heading north to New Hampshire to attend the 2010 FIRST Robotics kickoff.
If you’ve never come across FIRST before, you need to find out more, especially if you have high school age kids.
Much more than a robotics competition, FIRST is a tool to inspire teenagers to become the future engineers, scientists, and leaders the world needs.
To add to the excitement, Iona was selected to be on stage as we learned more about the supporters of FIRST and this years competition.
This year’s game […]
FIRST Robotics 2010 :: Breakaway
Here’s this year’s game. Much more later.
:: Justin ::
FIRST Robotics hint #2
This one is a picture of the edge of the field that the robots compete on. Just not sure why!
But there is LOTS of discussion here:
:: Justin ::
Hmmmmmmmmmm I wonder what this is…
It’s that time of year when geeks and nerds around the country are getting excited about the upcoming FIRST Robotics season.
Part of the fun of this is the (usually completely useless!) clues that are given out as to what the game is going to be this year.
Here’s the first one for 2010.
Any ideas?
:: Justin ::
