Here is the home of the EmberShard open alliance posting series!
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In regards to the construction of the physical robot, we are finishing up a modified GoBilda Strafer chassis out of GoBilda aluminum framing. We have mounted vertical GoBilda yellowjacket motors on to the chassis to operate the wheels. Another addition is the inclusion of Mecanum wheels. Another recent addition is the addition of a bellypan.
In regards to the programming aspect of EmberShard, we have established programming environments this season with android studio with a java base code. We have set a baseline using last season’s code that we plan on making tweaks to use for this season. We have also used a new repository for programming storage.
Photos will be posted promptly after technical difficulties are solved.
So far this week we’ve (for about the twentieth time) about finished belting our smaller viper slide, besides the one little piece we unfortunately managed to break. We took off the wheels on the chassis and remounted them in a more secure way, thanks to one of our leaders Max, who creatively thought through a safer approach to do so. We’re excited to mount our future hanging mechanism and start testing out some of the programming our team has been working on!
Speaking of programmers, they’ve been experimenting with Simulation to test things out and help our newer programmers learn to transfer block code into Java. It’s been difficult but they enjoy it and are excited to see where the rest of the season leads!
After hearing about the catastrophe of hurricane Helene, our team felt inspired to assist the victims in any way we could. So, we decide to write cards in order to uplift and send love to those who have experienced loss and continue to struggle with the aftermath of this natural disaster. Not only that, but we are also donating food and hygiene products to reach their physical needs as well! 
