We are halfway through the third week of build season.... These are a few of our favorite snapshots: A few students and mentors were working hard programming using Lab View and Java. The program will be used on the future robot. BEWARE OF FLYING POWER CUBES! Today the team worked on one of our launching prototypes. We made progress today on our practice robot. A couple of students worked on assembling the gear boxes and mounting it onto the chassis.
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The team took a trip to West Rock elementary school on Tuesday to give a small demonstration to the kindergarten through fourth grade students. After a brief presentation, we got to show and talk to them about our 2016 robot . Participants got a chance to catch the ball shot from the robot and they also got to drive it too. Excitement buzzed throughout the entire school; the kids had an amazing time. First, second, third, and fourth graders used their knowledge of geometric shapes and artistic design to draw and color their very own robots! How cute! FLL team Lightspeed from Milford, one of the teams we mentored, paid us a visit on Thursday. We showed them around our workshop, taught them a little about our robots, and answered any questions that they had. It was a wonderful experience for both teams to interact and have a little fun together. Ahhh, we're so close in developing a successful horizontal roller prototype. Hopefully we'll be able to finish soon! The team worked hard today hosting a bake sale after school to raise money for the team. We had so many delicious goodies including chips, cupcakes, cookies, donuts and more!
Today the team raised money by hosting a "Shake-the-can" at a local Stop and Shop. Fundraising is very important to us as it is very expensive to travel. Students worked hard in the cold as they explained to customers what FIRST is and what our team does. This is a great way to inform people about our team while also fundraising!
The first week of build season has reached an end. The team has been busy going to meetings, designing and building prototypes, testing and evaluating the designs, vlogging all of the trial and error and more! Here are a few snapshots of the week. This is one of our box intake designs. The picture on the left show two students working hard to evenly space the wheels on a hex shaft. The picture on the right shows the finished design. Did it work? Go watch the vlog to find out! Meet Makenna! She's an alumn who is going to work to improve the scouting team. Our first scouting meeting was a success! We cannot wait to see what she has to bring!
Everyone will continue to work hard the next few weeks; Good Luck to the rest of the teams! Thank you National Instruments! We received this box full of goodies in the mail yesterday from our sponsor National Instruments! These will come in handy throughout the season! If you are interested in sponsoring our team or more information, please click the button below to open our sponsorship tab.
Everyone is super excited to see what this new season brings! This years game: FIRST Power Up seems like there will have to be a lot of strategy! It's time for the team to get to work! Best of luck to all the teams this build season as they prepare to "Face the Boss" Have you heard? 558 has a vlogging channel! Watch our first vlog at the 2018 kickoff with all of the team members' reactions to the new game! Stay updated on all our vlogs this season by clicking the button below leading to our YouTube page and subscribing! A couple teammates helped rookie team FRC 7153 at quick build! On Sunday, the team met to develop strategies, decide on our main priorities, and start designing and building prototypes. Team 558 made awesome tied fleece blankets to donate to homeless children, who are taken care by DCF and live in cars. The children who will receive these blankets will receive a warm surprise and will stay warm and cozy this winter! Here two students are shown tying knots for a blanket. Everyone had a lot of fun making them!
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