Blog Posts - Q Branch Robotics FIRST Team 4327

Hands On Deck for Robots Week 6

2/10/2018

We are 3 weeks from our first event and mechanics are our number 1 priority. Currently everyone is working hard to build, debug, and make sure our robots are running. Presenters for the chairman essay and video are working hard on building and refining their presentation, which will be shown to the judges, while completing task such as a sponsor night invitation and a budget chart. The CAD team is completely done and are working as scouts and helping hands for the mechanics team. The mechanics are working hard on the robot which paid them off because near the end of the day the robot was almost done, final touches are still being made. Controls are contributing their part to the robot with helping to wire and fix issues with the autonomous mode. Overall each team is making great progress and while we are closer to our first event, our robot is getting closer to be done too.

Chairman's submitted for the first time in team history!

2/8/2018

We are so proud of our Chairman's team for submitting the Chairman's essay and video for the first time in team history! We cannot wait to share this work with our supporters at our Open House on February 19th at Lakeview High School. It was a long road for this team as they were working from scratch with limited documentation of many of our proudest accomplishments. They took all the feedback that was provided and really pulled through with great work!

A snow storm is moving in tonight but our team continues to work through the regular build day. They were pretty excited when Mr. Prewitt, the superintendent, declared a snow day for tomorrow. While we love a day off, we will be excited to get back in the shop on Saturday.

We are excited to get the payload and buddy bar mounted to the robot soon, and we are thankful for Rosler, one of our sponsors who has provided an amazing part for the payload. We did weigh out many of our components today and discovered that we may need to reduce the weight of our robot. She is very robust and strong!

This Is How We Robot.

Build Season Week #5

2/6/2018

Working hard as we approach the end of build season! Mechanics has been putting a lot of time into finishing the construction of the elevator system for the competition robot. The climb arms and winch are also in development and we hope to have them mounted soon. CAD continues to fine tune some of the elements in the super chassis that will be mounted in the coming days to both the practice and competition robot. Controls continues to work on the autonomous modes and programming some of the finer details of the super-chassis. Chairman’s/Business is working towards finishing and uploading our Chairman’s video.
Alayna Robinson

Minges Brook FLL Jr. and us

2/1/2018

Our FFL Jr. team #11289 or the Mingis Brook Droplets finished their season today with a party, and to show their thanks, they gave our student mentors a T-Shirt! We were so proud to have been able to watch their season unveil.
Today, mechanics is going to assemble the final pieces of our intake, and prepare its wheels and belts so we will be able to drive and practice for the up coming competetions. we would not be able to do this without the help of our other sub teams because This Is How We Robot.

Build Season Week #4

1/31/2018

Lots happening all at the same time! The build team is wrapping up the elevator and intake mechanisms for the practice bot while controls makes sure the wiring is clean and crisp for the competition version. This year we will have everything labeled! And in one spot!

The CAD is just about done with the "payload" to finalize the climbing portion of our robot and the Chairman's team is feeling the pressure on developing their video with next week being the deadline! All happening at the same time!

Alayna Robinson

FLL Jr. Competes & Concord & Build Season Week 3

1/23/2018

We are so proud of our Jr. FLL teams that competed this past weekend for the first time in Concord. All five teams across the four elementary schools were represented. It was a great learning experience for them. Thank you to our Premiere Level sponsors who make this possible.

This is the start of Week 3. Each of the sub teams are making progress from last week. Currently the Mechanics team is wiring the new chassis and working on building the elevator so it will work. The Controls team was testing the practice chassis for code of tele-op and autonomous. Also they're working on fixing some wiring issues on the practice chassis. The CAD team is working on the final deigns for the elevator and the climber. They are trying to place these two parts on the chassis design so they can give mechanics accurate measurements. Also they designed a "buddy bar" and it will be placed on the robot. The business team is finalizing the chairman's essay which the goal is to finish that this week. Also were working on the chairman's video and continuing progress with the video to get it finished by February 8th.

Goals of the Day

1/18/2018

5:30-9pm
Part One:
We are a couple weeks into the seasons. The programming team has been updating computers, roboRIO and all of the technology that is needed for the current season. They have been working a lot on the chassis and making sure that the practice robot will be able to run within the week. To do this they had to rewire the practice chassis and they had to write the basic teleop code. Today, they plan on wiring and labeling all of the motor controllers and test the teleop and auto code.
Today, mechanics jobs is to Make the new version of the Intake Mechanism, Construct prototype for PAYLOAD, need RUNG constructed ASAP, work with mentor Gary on payload, Fix Practice chassis, move roboRIO so battery can fit. They have also achieved a lot this week by finishing the practice chassis and send it to the programming to test.
CAD had been working on the necessary drawings today they have to Intake design,
use Burdette’s sketch to make Intake sub assembly, climber arm design, where and how to mount, how will payload attach to arm, buddy bar design. We hope that they will work hard and get the job done.
Chairman's/ business will do what they usually do, work on the chairman's essay, work on storyboard for the video and get approval from head coach. The goal is to get approval this week and start focusing getting chairman's award done by the submission date February 8th!
2018 Q Branch team will be successful and work hard to get the job done.

Goal Completion

1/18/2018

Part two: Although the team did not get everything done that they need to get done. We still got a lot done and the stuff we did not complete will be done this Saturday. We have around ⅘ week left of the build season and still have a long way to go, but we are driven to get the job done.
"THIS IS HOW WE ROBOT"
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OTHER FRC TEAMS!

Business team has been busy!

1/16/2018

From writing essays, editing video, to designing locker posters and banners the business crew has been very busy making sure Q Branch keeps a pink image this season! They are excited to have good documentation for this season and past seasons up to date, something we have struggled with in the past. They have also tons of video footage and pictures to organize and edit for awards and promotional videos. We are so proud of all their hard work!

Jr. FLL Prepares for Expo & Build Season rolls on...

1/13/2018

We are so excited that our Jr. FLL teams are now in all four of our elementary schools. They have been working hard this season to be successful with the Aqua Adventure Challenge. They are excited to compete at the Concord event on January 20th where they will present not only their water transfer system but their "Show Me" posters. They are so thankful to the district level sponsors that have allowed them to get their first robotics experiences in both documentation, building, and coding using the Lego WeDo 2.0 set.

At the FRC level, we are still working on prototyping today and have a lot of our team focused on the climbing system, the elevator, and the cube intake. We are excited to take on several challenges in the engineering process as we try to figure out how the systems work both independently and together. Our Chairmans team is continuing to work on filming and finalizing the essay as well as documenting the season.

Riverside Jr. FLL team working hard.

Westlake Jr. FLL team is working hard to develop their water transfer system.

A rookie member works with a veteran member on prototypes on Saturday 1/13/18

FRC Team works on prototypes with a mentor on Saturday 1/13/18.