Blog Archives - Q Branch Robotics FIRST Team 4327

Build Season: Week 3

1/27/2024

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.”

Build Season: Week 2

1/20/2024

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.”

Build Season: Week One

1/14/2024

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.”

The Second Skills Camp of 2023 and 2024 Kickoff

1/6/2024

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.