During the build season, Team 236 usually meets Monday – Thursday from 6:30 to 9 pm, Saturday from 8 to 4, & Sunday from 8 to 4:30.
2019 Build Season Calendar
FOR PARENTS
Team 236 Calendar
2018 Calendar for Team 236/The TechnoTicks View PDF version of the 2018 calendar FIRST Robotics Competition Kickoff Saturday, January 6 All Day Millstone Build Season January 7 to February 20 M, W, Th, F – 6 to 8:30 pm Sat – 8 am to 4 pm (Saturdays...
Build Season Lunches
Please help keep our team fed during the build season! SIGN UP NOW! During the six weeks of the robot build season (through mid-February), the students and mentors will be meeting on Saturdays and Sundays at Lyme-Old Lyme High School. These are long days and teenagers (and mentos!) get...
Welcome to Parents
Old Parents, New Parents and Returning Parents. This will be where parents can find the information that we think will be of most use to you. If you want us to add something to this section, please let us know. info@technoticks236.com
Jared DiCarlo – ’12-’15
Being involved in FRC in high school was what got me into my dream school of MIT. FIRST gave me an opportunity to learn valuable engineering skills in high school, which has been incredible useful to me at school. I’m a member of MIT’s FSAE electric race car...
One Month Down … Starting to look like a working ‘bot
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...
Day 14 – Saturday Playday
The Elevator Team worked on fabricating aluminium parts and welding.
The Wiring Team harvested and tested PWM cables and testing out the PMW motor and control signals and looking at them on the oscilloscope to determine what signals the robot is actually receiving.
The Programming Team’s work schedule included looking at the format of the code and working on the elevator and drive subsystems.
The Chassis Team worked on finishing chassis construction, adding lightening holes and producing chain tighteners. They also worked on designing an encoding mount to be 3d printed.
The CAD team worked with Solidworks on testing PWM wires, planning the code and mounting encoders on transmitters and Hunter worked with Mr Trudeau on Solidworks to determine the exact location of the lightening holes.
The PR team worked on creating a schedule for our visiting Journalist from The Day next Saturday and sourcing some great give-aways for our district competitions.
The Intake team worked on refining their prototype and integrating the intake with the forks. They worked on the space available and location.
Gabrielle works with Mrs Di Carlo on formatting the code.
Gabrielle and Matt harvesting and testing PWM cable
Tom works on solidworks designing and testing the PWM wires and planning the code and mounting encoders on the transmitters
Hunter works with Mr Trudeau on Solidworks to design the exact placement of the lightening holes
Jared reviews his chassis/drive drawings
The intake team with Sam and Hayden work on refining the prototype and integrating the intake with the forks. Their work plan also included working on the space available and location.
Nate cuts foot-long sections of tubing for the spaces for the elevator system
The chassis/drive team are working on finishing the chassis construction and adding lightening holes to reduce weight. Work also includes a chain tightener and designing an encoding mount to be 3d printed.
The Fork Team worked on prototyping a dual fork system testing horizontal vs vertical systems
Team of 2015 – Work In Progress!
Our 2015 Team is Work in Progress. We are busy trying to get them to sit still enough to get a photo. If your photo isn’t here … please let Mrs Crisp know and we can add you in a “shot!”
