2020

Bethpage High School’s robotics team, The Regal Eagles (Team #2869), had a very successful day at the Half Hollow Hills Off-season Competition on 11/6/21. The event was based on the FIRST Infinite Recharge game from 2020. This was the first competition they attended since 2020. The Regal Eagles got back into the competition swing during…
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Mechanically certain issues with the bot were identified and fixed within the first few days of this week. Specifically, with the placement of the battery and the ball intake which both already have a solution in mind which will be worked on throughout this week. The ball track design and intake were finalized and mounted…
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Team 2869 was free this week to focus on building our machine and the practice field because classes were not in session over the February break.The carpentry for the field elements was completed and the polycarbonate sheets (Lexan) for the trenches and control panels were cut. Cutting out a 2’8″ diameter circle with a bandsaw…
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For programming, we have decided to begin our installation of vision for the robot. So far, we have looked into cameleon vision which is used to create a 3D pose reconstruction with the 2020 Infinite Recharge upper vision targets.  We also have successfully redesigned the ball track. We have worked so efficiently we were able…
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We decided to not test our week 3 shooting mechanism with a motor because it looked like we couldn’t get the wheel to make enough contact with the ball. We debated how and where to add another wheel for further acceleration and the team decided to build a dual wheel system similar to what we…
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This was midterm week at Bethpage High School, but we still were able to work on most days, even if some members of the team were busy taking exams. We made considerable progress constructing the field elements. All of the components for the power ports have been cut and one was assembled for us to…
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The team worked on the questions for the chairman’s award.Our drivetrain was completed with Neo motors and spark max controllers so we will have encoders. All of the wood for the port was cut. A new CAD diagram was created with design that allows us to store and shoot the power cells.The team then went…
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Our first full Saturday was a very busy day. We created a prototype for the ball intake and worked on the chassis modification (C channel shape). We created a proof of concept in CAD for the ball intake, and a elevator for the switch.  We obtained additional colored vinyl to build our “switch color wheel”.…
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On Tuesday, we continued to work with Mr. Zabell to plan the configuration of the game field. We proceeded with designing and creating a strategy. Additionally, we practiced our 3D printing skills for prototyping and continued planning for our chairman’s video. Finally, we put the finishing touches on our flyer for our event, the Regal…
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Our team watched the live stream and then we began to read the manual. By the afternoon we started generating ideas for a ball intake and a shooting mechanism. Our former captain Blake von der Esch (right) even stopped by to help! The following are some ideas we considered: Ball intake and shooting ideas: With…
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