Author: Jared Rojas

Electrical: The electrical team prepped Neo motors by soldering them to a stronger wire. After this process, we would heat-shrink them and then strip the wires. We did this to install them onto the swerve modules that have been prepared either on Friday or next week. Operations and Podcast: Operations researched more grant opportunities and…
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Operations: The BAE Systems Grant is completed and submitted. Training slides for an operations training activity have started. This training for new members contains a process of making a fake outreach event by coming up with a sponsor list, making flyers, writing a proposal, writing emails, etc. Mechanical: Upped the gear ratios on the wrist…
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Operations: Created the JDRF One Walk Team and a flyer for the event. We posted everything in FIRST Together to give information and we printing out these flyers in color in order to hang around Bethpage High to inform our peers. As well as this, we began planning on what snacks to offer for our…
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Mechanical: The mechanical team constructed two swerve modules for our robot. These modules will be used as a backup to replace any swerve module that does not function properly. Programming: The programming team finished the migration to YAGSL swerve and the offsets are set and works. The arm of the robot is working but needs…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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