We had a great first week in the lab!
During kickoff, we started brainstorming by figuring out which strategies would score the most points. Then, on the next Monday, we brainstormed shooter designs, and came up with a catapult and a slingshot idea. We also thought of several pickup ideas, which we also started prototyping, thanks to our access to Boyd lab at ISU. We built working wooden models of two of our shooter ideas, and a pickup idea that we can modify.
Game Animation:
Kickoff Video:
Welcome to FRC season 2014, Aerial Assist! The streaming cut off in some places, and was choppy in others, so above is the complete kickoff broadcast.
Kickoff went well for us, even though the sound wasn’t always synced to people’s mouth movements due to the choppiness of the kickoff video in our region. We had quite a few rookies, but they seem to be catching on really well and giving some interesting suggestions. More proof it’s always a good idea to have fresh minds. Some of the rookies didn’t know many people on the team, though, so we played some ice breaker games while waiting for kickoff to start. Welcome, rookies, I hope you have fun this season!
Hope kickoff went well for you too! Good luck, teams!