As we move farther into the season, our week two and three ends with progress. Our mechanics subteam has been busy getting our drivetrain and shooter finalized with the turret tower. Following the pursuit, is our CAD subteam working on how to get the hook on the robot in the best, most efficient, way possible. Matching this energy, our control subteam has made it past getting the robot to drive and moving onto the programming for the autonomous match period. Finally, our safety subteam has also been busy, getting all the procedures in place for emergencies, as well as working on getting COVID protocols set in place. These past 2 weeks have been an eventful push forward in this season, our goal is to keep this energy up in the weeks following.
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As the first week of the season comes to an end, let’s go over what we’ve accomplished. On Kick-Off day, we played a human player version of Rapid React. Using our experiences from the game, we split up into brainstorming groups. This would help us form various designs and work on specific things that needed to be prototyped for our CAD (Computer Aided Design) subteam. The next day was all about setting up a base for our designs to be completed, this was followed by us completing the prototype for the shooter and the intake. We then got to work on the hood for the shooter and a way for the intake to get the ball up to the shooter, both which are needed for more control and accuracy with the ball. Next week we hope to get all prototypes completed and begin the building of our chassis! Hello! QBranch 4327 is back this year and right now, as the season starts let’s go over what we’ve gotten done so far. We started by actually meeting each other and establishing new members as well as welcoming back old members, this led us into Skills Camp. Skills Camp is the time to figure out what new members want to do in this team, we organize this by having mentors and captains work together to have something hands on for them to do that would show what that subteam within the team does. Shortly after Skills Camp was FIRST Lego League Challenge and Explorer, previously named FIRST Lego League Jr. (FLL Jr.). An event we hosted for our K through 6 community which gave us a chance to speak to our elementary school teams as well as work with each other. Then came the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) State Championship, another event we hosted for seventh and eighth graders from the middle school level teams, this event had three guest speakers, Rosler CEO Bernhard Kerschbaum, Michigan State Representative Jim Haadsma and Consumers Energy Manager for Enterprise Resource Planning Megan Hayward. Hosting this event, even for eight years, had pushed us to the limit but ultimately it was a fun and rewarding experience. Well now that the season has started, what should we do? We let the games begin. |
