An online article about us by WCTV news: http://www.wctv.tv/schools/headlines/Robot_March_Madness_143429336.html
Hope you all had a great Spring Break and Intensives week. We'll start meeting again every Thursday after school starting this Thursday.
See you then!
Wendy
Friday, March 23, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
We did Great
We placed 7th of 63 teams at the Orlando Regional March 10th 2012
The end game involved balancing on bridges with other robots where we scored more points than any other robot. Check the gallery for pics from the competition.
We did so well I really want to thank our sponsors: Lowes Foundation, Motorola Solutions, JCPenney, CFEF and the rest of our Fellowship. We raised $23,000 dollars this year to make all this happen. We have some money left over that we are going to put into more tooling. We also were just donated a lathe and mill from the Mag Lab that will allow us much more capability in working with materials. Also a big hip hip horray and pats on the back to all our Students, Mentors, and Parents who put in the many long hours to make it all happen.
Looking forward to next year and the months of training to teach the next generation how to be on the cutting edge of Science and Technology.
- Designing in 3D modeling to the thousandths of an inch
- Calculating the Forces and Energy required for each assembly, component, and material
- Measuring, Machining and Welding using top safety practices
- Marketing and Fundraising to be able to make it all happen.
Our Robot
Name: The Farrell Beast"
Weight: 111 pounds
Size: 28 x 38 x 58" Tall
Power: 12 volt, 18 Amp Hour Battery
Drive Train: 4 high friction independent wheels with encoders
Shooter and conveyor: Picks balls off the ground, storing 3 balls, and shooting autonomously from over 40 ft.
Bridge Arm: capable of exerting over 25 ft/pounds
Can't wait to find out what next years game will be?
~JaSun
Saturday, February 25, 2012
A Word from JaSun
Dear Supporters of the OctoPiRates,
We are very proud 2 be in our second year of building robots for the FRC competition. Our robot this year "The Farrell Beast" picks up and holds 3 foam basketballs with a conveyor up to a single beautiful 10" aluminum flywheel. We have hit 5 shots in a row from the key and some 45 foot shots occasionally. We have 3 excellent arms, a working conveyor, several sensors, and a great shooter it's absolutely amazing. I am so proud of our students at SAIL High School who: Designed, CAD, Programmed, Welded, Machined, Soldered, and Assembled such a great machine in 6 weeks.
Our competition is March 8-10th at Orlando in the UCF Basketball arena.
We have a strong shot to do very well.
Follow us on twitter to keep up to date and track our regional event stats
Thanks for your support, helping to educate the brightest minds in the areas of STEM and life skills.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Build Season... Check!
The Farrell Beast is alive and well. Now, she lies dormant in the robot room getting some R&R before her big debut. I am so excited for all the hard work we have put in. No matter what happens at the competition, we have already accomplished an amazing feat!
We did so well that we had time to show off our robot to the media on the last day of build season. Here's a link to our 5 minutes of fame on ABC27: http://www.wtxl.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3294749
We've still got a few things to do to prepare for the competition. Here's a message from Jasun:
We did so well that we had time to show off our robot to the media on the last day of build season. Here's a link to our 5 minutes of fame on ABC27: http://www.wtxl.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3294749
We've still got a few things to do to prepare for the competition. Here's a message from Jasun:
Thursday, February 16, 2012
The Light at the End of the Tunnel...
... is near! Goosebumps, cheers, and high fives were among us tonight as we just made our first basketball hoop! Video will be posted soon!
The conveyor has also been assembled and can pick up balls off the floor!
There is still alot of hard work ahead of us before stop build day in just 5 days but we are super excited that we are 500% ahead of where we were last year at this time!
The conveyor has also been assembled and can pick up balls off the floor!
There is still alot of hard work ahead of us before stop build day in just 5 days but we are super excited that we are 500% ahead of where we were last year at this time!
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Testing Time
8 Days left till the Crating Ceremony and the end of build season
February 21st 6pm @ SAIL HS
All supporters welcome.
We shot our first ball over the weekend and can't wait to turn some clamps into welds so we can turn up full power. We will be testing the robot all week trying to tune our shooting range and accuracy. Its going to be so fun. :)
~J
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Team update
Words from JaSun:
28 Days till Crating
I am really impressed with our club. We have developed into a much stronger team. Individuals are working together in groups. People are being self motivated to find out what to do and continue to solve problems even if that just means asking for help. Remember to read the To Do List every day when you arrive.
Mechanical: We have dreams of great features but we have no capability to do such. We need a plan of what were doing in CAD. We need to find a machine shop and also build ours. We own a lathe, but we have no expert to use it. Our field elements look great, I can’t wait to have a robot to start testing them.
Spirit and Image: We have raised around $22,000 dollars. We need to put this to use. I love our crate. I would like to see it constructed in the hall and more functionality put into it (shelves, power strips, …). We also need to be thanking all of our supporters and giving them regular updates. I love our team cheer, I look forward to many more.
Lock it up: Everyone needs to be at our Crate-ing ceremony. On February 21st we will stop building and crate our new robot currently with out a name. Several media people will be there and we will be shooting hoops hopefully autonomously and taking our team picture. We will be in our outfits ready for battle, and talking about our dreams.
Schedule: Homework time will now be till 3:30 and then skills till 4:00 when we start meetings. That will give everyone some time to relax and play. Every Octopus (that’s us) should be flexible, able to juggle lots of objects, and be able to sit and think.
~JaSun
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