Open House
Sunday was our Open House. We had a great turn-out. At times, all the seats were filled with many standing! The robot worked great and the mini-bot was a big hit. A few communication problems crept up, but they were […]
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Scrimmage
On February 19, FIRST Team 967 Lin-Mar came to Cedar Falls. This was an opportunity to run the robots in a near game situation. We had the opportunity to learn more about the game with multiple robots running. While both […]
Swartdogs News
Friday, a local news crew will be here to do several live interviews with the team. They also will get a chance to see the robot in action. Saturday, we are having a scrimmage here. Four other teams have been […]
Drive Team
The robot is just about done. Only a few modifications to make. Tonight is a BIG night. We had many students apply for the Drive Team positions. Try-outs are tonight. Each driver gets 3 opportunities and the “arm controller” get […]
Animation
Only 5 weeks ago, we could barely draw and cube and rotate it. Tonight, we submitted our completed video. Considering the learning curve of the software, just getting the video done was a victory. The quality of the work was […]
Build Team
The robots is really coming together. It drives and handles well. The autonomous is working better. The camera has been relocated and gives a really cool view. The minibot is working great! It’s fast and consistent. Tonight, the deployment was […]
Website
The website has gone through several reviews and new errors are found and corrected. We are getting responses from more alumni and populating that page. Looks like the website should be ready to submit.
Animation
Initial renderings have been done and it is looking good. Hard to believe 3 weeks ago we could barely make a cube! It is getting to crunch time, but it looks like we will have an animation to submit. Just […]
Build Team
The robot is coming along. The arm can extend and reach the top row. The gripping mechanism works great and can manipulate the tube easily. The minibot is coming along. It consistantly gets to the top. Just a few more […]
Animation
The learning curve for the program is getting better. We can now create objects and move them around. Anne is getting better at moving the IIKOs and she can now put mulitple ones on a single page. The landscape is […]