11/15/17 – Final Pre-Thanksgiving Meeting
Mavericks The Mavericks started to mount their new clamping system, mounted pistons to their lifting mechanism, and worked on pneumatics. A few of their members also worked on Clockwork’s shooter …
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11/04/17 – Mini Comp Updates
Mavericks The Mavericks built their battery box, finished their linear elevator which required them to work through some problems with the bearing hitting aluminum, and worked on a wooden intake …
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5190 October 2017 Newsetter
Read More10/28/17 – THOR at Millbrook
THOR AT MILLBROOK On October 28, we attended THOR Thundering Herd of Robots) – a North Carolina offseason event. In this event, we competed against teams from all around the …
Read More10/14/17 – Programming Spotlight pt. 5
FRC Driverstation Used to change the states of the robot. (teleop to auto for instance) It shows information such as the robot’s current battery voltage. Using the console to determine …
Read More10/11/17 – Programming Spotlight pt. 4
RoboRIO Web Dashboard All the tabs on the dashboard and what they do. Assigning the IDs of the Talons on the robot in order to access them in code.
Read More10/07/17 – Programming Spotlight pt. 3
RobotDrive Creating a new robot program. Making a RobotDrive object and adding the drivetrain talons in order to control the motors. Controller Input Xbox controller thumbstick and button inputs Using …
Read More10/07/17 – Intro to Mini-Competition
Introduction to the game: We have split our entire team into 4 mini teams; 3 student teams and 1 mentor team each with a new student or mentor as its …
Read More10/04/17 – Programming Spotlight pt. 2
Java Syntax Enums Arrays Switch Case
Read More09/30/17 Programming Spotlight pt. 1
Java Syntax Variables Data types Methods Classes For Loops While Loops
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