FIRST Team 1649 down in Windermere, Florida has created an incredible map showing where all the FIRST teams around the world are located. Bill’s Blog featured this map and we’re completely impressed with it! This map is now featured under our FIRST Friends page.
Don’t worry, FIRST Team 2202 is represented on the map, go B’East!
Check it out here
and check out FIRST Team 1649 (who have mentors from Walt Disney World!) here: http://team1649.com/
Bagged and tagged robot
We did it!
At 11:03 PM we bagged our final robot!
Now it’s time to prepare for the Regional Competition in March. A new meeting schedule will be posted soon and we’ll be doing preparations including making buttons.
Buttons are important because we hand them out during the regional competition. At the the regional, people wear buttons collected from various teams, so having catchy buttons is great exposure for FIRST Team 2202.
We want multiple designs and we will be mass-producing them prior to the regional competition.
We will be adding QR codes to the buttons so people can instantly access this website, so that’s another plus.
Team members will come up with designs, but we could use YOUR help. If you have a good idea for a cool button design, please draw it out and send it to info@beastrobotics.com. Thanks!
Yesterday was the Mini-regional at Sussex-Hamilton High School hosted by FIRST Team 537 (team537.org). Not only did we get a chance to see the other robots, but it was a great opportunity to test our robot on a full-size field, examining its strengths and weaknesses.
Some of the things our robot does well include:
The pro drivers
Weaknesses that we are now working on with great haste include:
Debby and Ed taking a nap
Robot in Action
Our robot performed solidly at the mini-regional. Everyone was focused on the task at hand. We were able to score a good 4 or 5 baskets each game, especially after some tweaking by the programming team and modifications by the mechanical team.
We are confident that the robot will be operational when the actual regional comes along, but there are many things we need to get done:
Mr. Burbey won the TV! Team picture with the prize
Unfortunately, the rookie FIRST Team 4095 at Pius (roxirobo.org) was unable to make it; but their mentor, Mr. Eggers, came to cheer us on and gather intel. We are sure, however, that they will be at the regional in March.
A pleasant surprise came when Mr. Burbey won the first prize in the Wisconsin mini-regional raffle. He took home a 60” flat screen TV. Fortunately, he had come with an empty mini-van with which to transport it.
Marquette Hilltoppers – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A team from the heart of Milwaukee, the Hilltoppers are consistently a great team at the Wisconsin Regional Competition. They recently designed their website, also.
Check them out here.
Charger Robotics – Sussex, Wisconsin
One of the older teams in the region, FIRST Team 537 from Sussex Hamilton helped us gain traction our first year and provided invaluable help. They also offer a mini-regional practice event the week of stop-build each year, providing a chance to utilize a full size practice field. We thank them for the efforts and continued gracious professionalism!
Check them out here.
C.O.R.E. 2062 – Waukesha, Wisconsin
FIRST Robotics is about more than the robot. It’s also about networking and friendships. Our team has friends on C.O.R.E. 2062 from Waukesha and we admire their hardwork. We took inspiration from their award winning website while starting our redesign this year.
Check them out here.
Pius XI – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A proud moment for any veteran team is when they can offer help to a FIRST rookie. One of our mentors, Eric Eggers, left to launch a team at his Alma Mater Pius XI High School in Milwaukee. We showed the team around our shop, invited them to attend a pre-build season meeting, and have been following their progress all season. We’re excited to see how far they’ve come at the Regional.
Check them out here.
Windermere Prepartory School - Windermere, Florida
FIRST Team 1649 down in Sunny Florida has put together a fantastic map titled “Where in the world is FIRST?” and pinpoints each location of every FIRST Team!
Follow the link to see their map http://team1649.com/witwif/ and please link back to it for them!
Finalizing the Robot
It was not easy having so little time, and having only a few people able to work on the robot at the same time. Nevertheless, the team was able to get everything working. It’s now down to the programmers to get the robot up and running.
Even mentors need a break sometimes...
This week, the programming team:
Working on the Website
The mini-regional hosted at Sussex by FIRST team 537.
We will soon find out how our robot stacks up against other robots.
You can visit Sussex here: http://team537.org/
Also, Justin and Bryan sold the most raffle tickets to support our team. They both won gift cards for iTunes, and Bryan got some bling. Great job!
Bryan with his Bling
Welcome to the final full week of Build Season, B’east fans! We have “stop build” date next week Tuesday the 21st.
We are mostly done with the sub-systems of the robot and are in the process of getting it to all work together – the major challenge we have this week is to get our weight down to 120lbs. We are currently at 135!
This Sunday 2/19 there will be a Mini-Regional competition at Sussex Hamilton High School from 12-4. The mini regional is a great way for us to see how the robot will perform on the playing field and we’re looking forward to seeing what the other teams have innovated.
After Feb 21st, we will continue to meet to prepare for the Wisconsin Regional March 22-24, but the meeting schedule will be reduced to every Wednesday night (6:30) and Saturdays as needed.
It has been a busy, fun and hectic build season. Thanks to all the parents who have been helping out. Wish us luck this week!
This week, the robot has finally started to come together. We have begun the final assembly process, and the countdown to “stop build day,” as well as the competition, is imminent. Although many small problems have arisen, our main road block at the moment is cutting the robot’s weight by about twenty pounds. One of the most important milestones of the week was the final mounting of the sweeper. After about an hour of frustrating adjustments and tweaks, the design has been finalized. Finally, our electrical team has begun to wire up the robot in its final configuration.
How the Robot Currently Looks
This week the team:
Lookin at the robot, it seems like signifigant progress has been made. There are two weeks left in the build season, and we all know that the team will likely be cramming to finish up the robot, but we also know that the hard work we are putting into this will certainly pay off.
Kinect Testing success
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