Team 4159 has a couple of things going on. New members are being trained by old members and mentors. The new members are also dividing into small groups and each building a FTC-size FRC-style robot to compete with each other in a FRC-style game. The initial cost for that is huge, but we anticipate that we can reuse many of the parts during the season. The goal is to get new students some experience and skill before build season comes.
Meanwhile, the returning members have also divided into groups to work on several projects: fixing up our old bots, organizing the shop, making an adjustable drivetrain out of 80/20, building practice tables for local FLL teams, trying out swerve, and making a T-shirt cannon for school rallies. On the side, our coach is working with the school district to get us a mill.
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Originally Posted by ABreyen
This year, we are going to be creating a "BoxBot", basically a robot, fully programmable, etc., with the wheels, pneumatics etc. in a box that can be programmed. This would teach the new students how it works, and the programmers can actually program something.
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Why a box? Why not Chairbot?
