2023

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 5: 2/4-2/10

In week 5 of build season, our pneumatics team mainly focused on understanding the electrical components behind the piston arm. They have been working on the design for the electrical panel, and how it works with the other electrical components. Our CAD team has been working on designing the robot arm. In the design process…
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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 1: 1/7-1/13

The Regal Eagles started the season together watching the FIRST Robotics Competition Livestream, Saturday, January 7th, 2023. This marks the beginning of build season for all FRC teams! Following the reveal of this year’s game, the team broke-off into groups to tackle different aspects of the game. We have a design team that discusses possible…
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