For those of you who LOVE our evenings building all the parts for the Bash@TheBeach FIRST Lego Robotics Competitions we hold … here’s your dream job!
http://qz.com/600927/dream-job-alert-legoland-is-hiring-model-builders/
For those of you who LOVE our evenings building all the parts for the Bash@TheBeach FIRST Lego Robotics Competitions we hold … here’s your dream job!
http://qz.com/600927/dream-job-alert-legoland-is-hiring-model-builders/
Will they go for the high goal? Holding my breath!
Scenes from St. Louis
128 points …. Moving up
Wishing good luck at the Midwest Regional to Tick Alum Tim Wilczynski mentoring Team 111 – WildStang!
Breached rough terrain and chevalier de frise!
The system works – our students are making parts with guidance and oversight of mentors!
A Productive Week with plenty of Student Activity!
With 23 days remaining in the 2016 Build Season, the Team is holding strong to this year’s mantra of designing FIRST.
Physical prototyping has been minimized but ideas have continued to flow. Now we will see how the ideas come together in the physical robot…
With Mid-term Exams and a Saturday snow closing, our work week was compressed, but we are making progress with our student-led, strategy-based design process and defining our programming needs.
Practice is critical to success of any team. Tonight we practiced designing in CAD, using new machining tools, and programming techniques.
To provide protection for the intake motors at the ends of the intake mechanism, protective cones have been designed. The ultimate goal is to produce them using the 3-D printer. Because the 3-D printer supplies are costly, the team opted to prototype with a vacuum-molding process. The prototype was designed in CAD. The mold was cut into foam on the Shopbot and then smoothed and covered with aluminum foil to prevent melting of the foam during the vacuum molding process. The molded cones (made of a thin plastic material) were then installed on the robot for testing. A few modifications have been made to allow for wiring and testing. Any modifications will be added to the CAD drawing to ensure that the final design is available for the 3D printing process. Laura Lee and Everett were the key design/production managers on this project, with assistance from Mr. Derry, Mr. Trudeau, and Mr. Goss.
After a delicious pancake breakfast hosted by the local Lions Club, the Ticks got to work. By the end of the day the elevator was operational and the intake was revised and improved. Progress!
Chassis Team checking master links and monitoring testing for issues as components come online Elevator Team working on the carriage Fork Team milling flaps Intake Team installing stops, modifying wheels and working on belt system Programming and Wiring Team working on getting the control system into the chassis and...
A productive Friday evening in the shops…
We missed 4 days this week due to weather-related school closures. A sense of urgency and purpose prevailed all evening. Parts being made, supplies ordered, designs refined.
With Mid-terms pending, many students spent the work window studying instead of working in the shop. But those of us here made the most of our time – testing programs, modifying designs and documenting our activities.
Dividing the team into small groups has us moving ahead this weekend with refining the various elements to meet our overall desired strategic goals. We have observed interactions among the groups and each group has progressed to CAD and prototyping to test different ideas. The control/programming group is supporting the other groups’ efforts as well as developing their own programming and control system skills.