THOR NC 2016 Preview

[ctt956]

Will there be a webcast?

[marshall]

Originally Posted by ctt956

Will there be a webcast?

Sadly there is not one planned, we just don't have the infrastructure and volunteers for it.

[DubstepLion1]

Techno Wolves will also be there. Like other teams, our focus is mainly driver training for students on our 2016 bot. For us, due to the way the school works of many members on the team, we had to limit the old "drive squad" to coaching only and let other members get a chance at driving. We let whoever was interested practice and hope to have finalized selections based upon performance soon this week.

It would also be sweet to have updated scores in TBA for THOR this year. We look forward to meeting all the teams!

[marshall]

Originally Posted by DubstepLion1

It would also be sweet to have updated scores in TBA for THOR this year. We look forward to meeting all the teams!

The message has been passed along. Does anyone know the formal process for this? We are going to do what we can do make it happen.

[OccamzRazor]

This should be an awesome event. 1533 looked ready this weekend!

We will be bringing two robots this time for any rookies (including people not on our team) who want to try out what it will be like on the field. Since half of our team is now rookie, we wanted to build a robot during the off season for THOR and a practice robot using vision tracking before kickoff 2017.

We took apart our 2015 robot and made a robot that can:
Do all of the moving defenses such as drawbridge, sally port, and cheval.(tested successfully)
Hopefully do rough terrain, rock wall, moat, and ramparts. (Untested)
Score High (tested successfully)
Low Goal (not tested but i sure hope so....)

Currently it cannot physically do low bar or climb but if we have time we will implement our backup climber.

[Bryce Clegg]

Team SPORK is excited to be returning to THOR this year, and this year is going to be awesome! We have made a few modifications to our shooter, which our drive team is practicing with this week before the competition.