Author: Jared Rojas

Week 9: 3/4 – 3/10

During week 9 of our build season, we held Regal Eagle Rampage in order for the teams that want to come and practice with their robots in the tri state area in this Week 0 practice competition. Here, teams are able to fine tune their robots, and explore different strategies that work best for their…
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Week 8: 2/25 – 3/3

During the 8th week of the build season — during the beginning of the week — the mechanical team had the drivetrain working and the electrical team resoldered the cancoders and began cable management. The team has also tested the robots abilities on getting up the Charged Up ramp and were able to grab cubes…
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Week 7: 2/18 – 2/24

During week 7 of build season, the mechanical team has put on the robot structure on the actual robot while working on the arm extension for the robot in order to get our robot ready for Regal Eagle Rampage in order to compete with robots from other schools. The electrical team mounted electronics onto the…
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Week 6: 2/11-2/17

During week 6 of build season, the mechanical team is continuing working on the arm fixing previous issues with handling weight. Furthermore, we have adjusted the chain and sprocket size for the arm to better fit. Additionally, they have reassembled the motor and shaft for the robot for troubleshooting. The mechanical team has also been…
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Week 3/4: 1/21 – 2/3

Due to having midterms throughout week 3 of the build season, we have decided to merge our week 3 and week 4 blogs to stay on track. Our CAD (Computer Aided Design) team has been making our piston intake, arm, and the total robot CAD. We have prototyped our grabber mechanism for the robot in…
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Week 2: 1/14 – 1/20

The Regal Eagles have been working diligently on the robot to have it ready for our annual Regal Eagle Rampage event! Our Computer Aided Design (CAD) team and mechanical team have started drafting ideas for the robot arm. Additionally, the electrical team and CAD team have been working together to CNC the Lexan base plate…
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Week 12: 3/26 – 4/1

Continuing from the previous blog: After 69 qualification matches, it was time for alliance selection, where we were picked by the 1st seed alliance led by StuyPulse (Team 694) and Team R.I.C.E. (Team 870). One of our alliance partners fell during one of the final matches and cracked their shooter. Even though that unfortunate event…
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Week 11: 3/19 – 3/25

This week we started of preparing for our Hofstra Competitions but testing and driving our robot! Our journey at Hofstra started off with SBPLI #1 from March 21, 2022 through March 23, 2022. After 82 qualification matches spanning 2 days, we were chosen by the eighth-seed alliance Team #7567 (Sesi Senai São Paulo Octopus from…
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Week 10: 3/12 – 3/18

The electrical team is learning to use a limit switch to put on the robot that senses and says when a component is touching or not and it prevents mechanisms from maneuvering too far in one direction or the other. We are also making adjustments to our bumpers so it will fit on the robot…
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Week 9: 3/5 – 3/11

This Sunday, our school hosted our 4th annual Regal Eagle Rampage! As a result of all the hard work our members put in, the event came to be a total success. We had a grand total of eleven teams from across Long Island attend Rampage, each of which showcased their own unique robots to play…
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