We got a little behind in posting updates, but some students went through our meeting recaps channel in slack to create some blurbs for our meetings since our last blog!
First things first though - we want to welcome and thank our new sponsors, Little STEM Academy! We did a demo with them a few weeks ago and had a blast showing off our robot to their kids Jan 29th On the meeting of January 29th, Pearadox had a productive day. The ball transport subsystem successfully got their side panels CNCed and decided to gather more materials to use for the future. Both the freshmen and sophomore Every Bot groups added hooks to their respective bots so they can climb. Intake subsystem used and tested different ways to mount the intake on a robot. Programming started to work with a new coding system, and chairman has also started to work on the Woodie flower essay. Afterward, the Brilliant Black Builders meeting was held for 15 minutes. Feb 1st A shorter meeting, but we still got a lot done. At the beginning of the meeting, all the subsystems went over their design reviews one by one, and Electrical spent some time assisting the rookies on both Every Bot teams. Feb 2nd Wednesday, February 2nd, was another productivity-filled meeting, as we moved some stuff around for better and easier access to tools, and repaired some of the climber holes. Feb 4th Friday, February 4th, was off on a rocky start, but was an innovative meeting. We weren’t entirely sure that we’d have a meeting due to the weather and the wet roads. Fortunately, we did get to have a meeting! The subsystems made sure that their COTS parts were up to date. We also had a Gearbox Girls meeting after the initial meeting. Feb 5th Saturday, February 5th, was an eventful day. Chairman connected over a call with iron plaid and reviewed the chairman’s essay after lunch. The entire cooperated and answered some Q and A questions. A Brilliant Black Builders meet was held after the meeting Feb 8th Tuesday, February 8th, was a progressive meeting. The subsystems went over their design reviews towards the beginning of the meeting. Chairman reviewed the Woodie Flower essay one last time before submitting it. The subsystems worked hard and made some progress towards the robot. Feb 9th Wednesday, February 9th, was another progressive meeting. The base was sent to a welder early this week, and Chairman’s team worked on some video editor stuff and the end- design. Feb 11th Friday, February 11th was an eventful afternoon. The base got their drive train back, fully welded. Marketing started to paint their wonderful pit designs. Both Every Bot teams (freshmen and sophomore) tested out their robot functions. Feb 15th Tuesday, February 15th the team did a daily design review so that we can make sure that every component of the robot is adding up. Every subsystem hit the ground running because our goal was to have a functional robot. Ball transport subsystem got most of their pieces CNCed over the weekend and so they are ready to begin assembling. Ball transport referred to this meeting as being one of their most productive of the build season yet. Wednesday- February 16th Chairman’s worked on cutting characters and making sure everything in their essay made a good amount of sense before submitting it. Once all this was done, all the hard work that was put in by the chairman’s team finally submitted it one day before it was due!! The climber was able to get the rest of their parts machined and one of their stationary hooks for the practice bot, not “Bruno” is complete. Sophomore everybot worked on autonomous mode which can score and drive out the initial line. Both climber hooks broke but they are getting replaced. Ball tower a lot more parts were machined for practice robots and they started putting together the parts they already had. Feb 18th The climber is in the progress of building the main (moving) part of the climber. As for the stationary hooks. Intake got side plates and pneumatic mount plates cut on CNC. I also milled the side 2X1sAll that's left is the 1/4 aluminum gussets and PC arms. Should be done beginning of Saturday’s meeting. Should be able to assemble it tomorrow hopefully get it mounted soon but that requires nothing to go wrong. 000. Sophomore every bot fixed the stuff we broke earlier, and broke stuff to be fixed later. Shooter finished post-processing side plates which are now ready to be assembled. At the conclusion of the meeting, there was a gearbox girl meeting. Upcoming events We have several things coming up! We hope to see you at one of them. Mattress sale fundraiser - Sat Feb 26th from 10 AM - 5 PM To raise some funds, we're tacking on to the dawson band mattress sale fundraiser. If you're in the market for a new mattress (or pillow, adjustable bases, massage chairs, convertible bean bag chairs apparently, or sheets or whatever) - mark your calendars for Feb 26th from 10 am - 5 pm. One day only! Just let them know that Pearadox Robotics referred you. It's been an expensive year and we hope to make some money from it https://facebook.com/events/s/annual-dawson-hs-band-mattress/442756743961987/ Open house / Inspection PEARfection - Feb 27th from 11 AM to 5 PM - come see our robot(s) and meet the team! - local FRC teams are invited to our facility for mock inspections and practice on the field! We have a upper and lower hub, hangar, terminal, and a full field perimeter. Get some drive practice in! Channelview Competition - March 12th and 13th Come see us compete at Channelview High School. Matches are from 11-730 on Saturday March 12th and continue March 13th from 930-12. Playoffs and awards start at 1 PM. Watch our social media for our specific match times and details! Pasadena Competition - March 25th and 26th You can also watch us compete at San Jacinto College: Central Campus on Sat March 25th and Sun March 26th. Schedule will be the similar to the channelview competition.
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