<![CDATA[Q Branch Robotics FIRST Team 4327 - Team Updates]]>Sun, 10 Mar 2024 03:26:25 -0700Weebly<![CDATA[Competition Preparation]]>Sat, 24 Feb 2024 15:46:56 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/competition-preparation     Hello! Today, February 24th, 2024, Q Branch logs back in to tell YOU about how we’re preparing for competition season; our drive team spends the entire day practicing for the Battle Creek Central district competition and controls subteam works on the final finishing touches on our programming. In addition, our business subteam is working on practicing the presentation and editing the Impact Award Video, while our captains work on their presentations for our Sponsor Night this week! We’re also getting more active on our social media so, if you want more updates throughout the season, be sure to keep up with us as we post frequently on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. See you at districts, and remember, “This is How We Robot."

      P.S. Our team has also started a Go Fund Me to help fund our way through Cleveland, please check it out at https://gofund.me/a66842d5 !
]]><![CDATA[Build Season: Week 6]]>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 15:52:51 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/build-season-week-6   Hello! Today, February 17th, 2024, Q Branch logs back in to tell YOU about our sixth and final week of build season; this week, because of our early robot accomplishments, our team was able to spend the entire week practicing for the Battle Creek Central district competition and add final finishing touches on… well, everything. In addition, we are spending the weekend volunteering for the South Michigan Food Bank, hope to see you there! We’re also getting more active on our social media so, if you want more updates throughout the season, be sure to keep up with us as we post frequently on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. See you at districts, and remember, “This is How We Robot.
]]><![CDATA[Build Season: Week 5]]>Sat, 10 Feb 2024 14:59:32 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/build-season-week-58296673    Hello! Today, February 10th, 2024, Q Branch logs back in to tell YOU about our fifth week of build season; this week, because of our early robot accomplishments, our team went to the GVSU Mini Competition where our drive team and controls subteam will practice driving with different strategies and code. Meanwhile, our business subteam stays behind to work diligently on their Impact presentation and documentation. We’re also getting more active on our social media so, if you want more updates throughout the season, be sure to keep up with us as we post frequently on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. See you at districts, and remember, “This is How We Robot.”]]><![CDATA[Build Season: Week 4]]>Sat, 03 Feb 2024 17:23:19 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/build-season-week-44813195      Hello! Today, February 3rd, 2024 Q Branch logs back in to tell YOU about our fourth week of the build season; this week is all about working on the small stuff that gets put off and preparing for competition. The Mechanics subteam is working on organizing their workbenches and determining what tools they will need on-site while simultaneously upgrading our robot cart. The CAD subteam is working on extra designs for things such as Q Branch swag and the Business subteam presentation board. The Controls subteam is working on testing out all the code, and the business subteam has finished the essay and essay questions.  We’re also getting more active on our social media so, if you want more updates throughout the season, be sure to keep up with us as we post frequently on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. See you at districts, and remember, “This is How We Robot.”
]]><![CDATA[Build Season: Week 3]]>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 18:27:04 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/build-season-week-3    Hello! Today, January 27th, 2024 Q Branch logs back in to tell YOU about our third week of the build season; this week is all about finishing and refining the details of the robot. Our CAD subteam digitally refines these details and gives the final measurements for the robot to our Mechanics subteam. Meanwhile, the Mechanics subteam works on ensuring the arm doesn’t cause the robot to wobble and beautifying the robot with LED lights. Our Controls subteam continues to perfect and test their code and works with Mechanics to program the LEDs for specific designs and colors. Among all this, is the Business subteam who finished the Impact essay questions and has moved on to writing the essays for the Impact Award and Woodie Flowers. We’re also getting more active on our social media so, if you want more updates throughout the season, be sure to keep up with us as we post frequently on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. See you at districts, and remember, “This is How We Robot.”
]]><![CDATA[Build Season: Week 2]]>Sat, 20 Jan 2024 17:44:01 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/build-season-week-2    Hello! Today, January 20th, 2024 Q Branch logs back in to tell YOU about our second week of the build season; this week was all about making our robot come to life. Our Mechanics Subteam has built the final chassis, and has started building the arms and intake. Alongside the Mechanics subteam, is the CAD Subteam, they work with Mechanics to provide measurements as needed, and design the elevator. Meanwhile, our Controls Subteam works on perfecting the auton for this year’s challenge. In sync. our Business Subteam has planned out their agenda for the rest of the season and designed and ordered our swag. We’re also getting more active on our social media so, if you want more updates throughout the season, be sure to keep up with us as we post frequently on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. See you at districts, and remember, “This is How We Robot.”
]]><![CDATA[Build Season: Week One]]>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 15:28:06 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/build-season-week-one    Hello! Today, January 14th, 2024 Q Branch logs back in to tell YOU about our first week of the build season; this week was all about generating our robot idea and bringing it to life. The Mechanics and CAD subteams work together to prototype the robot to get accurate measurements and visual representation of what the components are going to look like separately before CAD puts it all together. Meanwhile, the Controls subteam uses last year’s robot chassis to go over the code and revise/practice with it as needed. In addition, the Business subteam is hard at work, revising documents and going over the essay and essay questions as needed. We’re also getting more active on our social media so, if you want more updates throughout the season, be sure to keep up with us as we post frequently on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. See you at districts, and remember, “This is How We Robot.”
]]><![CDATA[The Second Skills Camp of 2023 and 2024 Kickoff]]>Sat, 06 Jan 2024 20:41:07 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/the-second-skills-camp-of-2023-and-2024-kickoff    Hello! Today, January 6th, 2024 Q Branch logs back in to tell YOU about our second skills camp and our kickoff day. Our second skills camp is all about preparing new and old members for the work we do during the build season as each of the captains takes the lead in getting their new members accustomed to the tools and resources used. This ensures that the new members can participate and keep up with the subteam they’re assigned to.
​  Then comes kickoff day, which is when the team gathers together to watch the newly released game video and go over game rules with the manual. We then play a mock version of the game using human players to decide the most important scoring and mechanical aspects. We give a special thanks to team 3658, the Robo-Beavers, for joining us this year; and, as always, thank you for tuning in. Be sure to keep up with our social media as we post frequent updates on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.  See you at districts, and remember, “This is How We Robot.
]]><![CDATA[The First Skills Camp of 2023]]>Sat, 18 Nov 2023 16:24:31 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/the-first-skills-camp-of-2023         Hello! Today, November 18th 2023, Q Branch logs back in to tell YOU about our first skills camp of the year. Today is all about introducing newer members to the work we do here in the different subteams and  getting to know them. Each of the captains work with their corresponding mentors to create a presentation and a hands on activity that embodies the subteam they’re in. This ensures that the new members are equipped with the basic knowledge that they need to choose a subteam to commit to. For the second half of Skills Camp, we participate in team bonding activities to build communication and collaboration skills. We then end the day with a debriefing from our coach, so that we know the rules and expectations of this team.  Thank you for tuning in, and be sure to keep up with our social media as we post frequent updates on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok.  See you at Kick-Off, and remember, “This is How We Robot.”
]]><![CDATA[Week 6 - We Made it to the Finish Line]]>Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:06:49 GMThttp://qbranchrobotics.com/team-updates/week-6-we-made-it-to-the-finish-line    Hello this is Q Branch logging in to tell YOU about our sixth and final week of build season! This week has been all about testing the program that our Controls team made while our Mechanics and CAD team have been on standby to fix any issues that come up. On the business side of things, the essay has been submitted, and our business subteam is working on any other documentation. This includes the Strategy and Development, the Business Plan, and even our presentation for the judges.
     After this week, our drive team will spend time practicing and polishing their skills with the robot in preparation for the Chicago Regional event in March. Simultaneously our business subteam will spend time perfecting the presentation for the judges. Be sure to keep up with our social media as we post frequent updates on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. See you at the Chicago Regional and remember, “This is How We Robot.”
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