Iowa 2016 Recap

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From March 23rd to the 26th we competed at the world’s first FRC Iowa Regional in Cedar Falls, IA. A few members of our team went to unload the robot and passed inspection on their first try. We played in a practice match and fixed up our robot to prepare for the quals matches. We played in match 6, 16, 31, 39, 52, 60, 68, 73, and 82. We experienced many mechanical issues with our drivetrain which placed us very low in the rankings. We ended up ranked 33rd by the end of the qualification matches. Despite this, however, we were picked by 167 – Children of the Corn and 3026 – Orange Crush. We made it to quarterfinals and won our first match. We were eliminated in the next two matches by the 2nd seed alliance. During this, our first competition this year, we learned much about our robot and it’s weaknesses. We have been working on them for the Minnesota North Star Regional and will be well prepared to compete. We look forward to seeing all the teams there!

 

 

Here is our first quarterfinal match:

 

Upcoming Robot Reveal

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Alumni, sponsors, family, friends: You are all invited to come to the grand reveal of FRC 3928 Team Neutrino’s 2016 robot! This event will be on the 22nd of February in the Atrium of the Biorenewables Complex at Iowa State University (ISU) from 6:30PM – 8:30PM – feel free to drop by at any time during then.

For more information, check out our official invitation.

And here’s a sneak peak of our robot to keep you wired (pun intended):
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Thank you all for your continued support to make all of this possible; we hope to see you there!

Iowa FLL State Championship Outreach

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On Sunday, day two of this year’s state championship, our team had the privilege of having an outreach booth and displaying our robot to the hundreds of FLL-ers. Throughout the entire day, teams and spectators were able to stop by and watch our robot in action. It was an amazing experience to answer all of the questions and demonstrate our robot to the general public; furthermore, it was an absolute delight to hear all of the students and kids saying that, in the future, they would like to be on an FRC team.

In addition to Neutrino members operating the booth, we had a lot of other members volunteering on both days of the event. Varying from timers to team helpers, Neutrinos were all over the ISU campus. We had a blast meeting all of the unique teams and watching their performances!

Here is a time-lapse video of our outreach booth: