Practice bot looking good!!

Our 2018 robot is now in the bag!!! All of our hard work throughout the season payed off with our pretty amazing robot.  Stay tuned for our robot reveal video!!
​#BDIBS

Follow our Instagram @elmcityrobosquad to watch the students bagging our robot! Also, make sure to check out our BDIBS hashtag and look at the other teams' bagged robots. 
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Two days until bag day and we're still prototyping!!! 

This is our climber prototype................

 With build season coming to an end, we are working harder than ever! This past week we've been finishing up out intake design, submitting awards, programming, and other things to get ready before competition. 

On Saturday we demonstrated our robot and spread the FIRST message at the Yale Pathways Science on Saturdays!

We are proud to announce that we are building our smallest robot ever! With the size being 22x24, we are even smaller than last year's Brick 2.0!
Now to come up with a name......
#pebble?

Today we worked on redesigning our "roller claw", the previous cube intake that we designed. We used the claw part of the intake and attached it to a wooden board. The board had a bar attached in the back providing a "lever" inspired design. The lever could be adjusted to different heights, which is perfect for intaking at different levels and placing the cubes at different heights. 

 This design was inspired by FRC Spectrum 3847's intake. We have  to "Steal from the best and invent the rest!"

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The 2018 robot is in the process! The belly pan has been mounted, now we are ready to start wiring!

More than halfway through build season and we're working harder than ever. So much has happened this week; It is safe to say that this has been one of our most productive weeks so far. 

We've been keeping up with our vlog game so make sure to stay updated on all of our videos. Our most recent vlog can teach you a couple tips on how you can accurately proportion a piece and cut it out. Go and watch it by clicking the button below!

Using those pieces , we designed and built a new intake.

Our intake prototype has its pneumatic organ donor, Brick 2.0, right by its side.
Brick 2.0 is pumping life right into it. (literally)

So will this be our official intake design for our 2018 robot? Or maybe it will be our top secret intake that we have been working on for a couple of weeks..................... shhhhhhh

Some of our students worked on deburring the pieces to start the chassis for our 2018 robot. The pieces were first CADed and then they were milled. After assembling the frame (and reassembling),  bearing blocks were put in for the future bearings.