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!
On Friday, some members of Team Neutrino helped the six Ames Middle School FLL teams as they prepare for the Marshalltown regional competition on Saturday. We helped judge their project presentations and robot rounds as they practiced. We then watched a video, and talked about Team Neutrino.
I am happy to say that Team Neutrino was successful at Cow Town this year! Our main goals were to let the new members of the team experience an FRC competition, as well as continue to be a competitive team. New members had the opportunity to drive, operate, and load the robot, as well as work in the pit and scout in the stands.
Team Neutrino was ranked 20th out of 48 teams after the qualification rounds with a record of 4-4-0, and was chosen by team 1806 S.W.A.T. to be on the second seed alliance. Our alliance happily made it to the final rounds!
Team Neutrino will be competing at Cow Town ThrowDown. Cow Town ThrowDown is an off-season event that takes place on November 1-2 in the at Lee’s Summit High School in the Kansas City area. This event is a great way for rookie team members to see what FIRST competition is like. To learn more visit http://cttd-robotics.com/.