Team 2168--3 minute progress video

FIRST Robot Showcase
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The Aluminum Falcons from Groton CT are pleased to announce
“We have arrived.”

For the past 4 years we have been an “also ran” robotics club, pleased enough to simply be there at a single regional event and not come in last. (Last year, we DID have a sweet hanger, I must say!)

This year’s Falcon is turbo-charged.

Here is a link to the progress of our first 3 weeks.

please do enjoy, and look for us at WPI and Hartford.

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Looks like you guys are doing a great job!!
Best of luck in the Regionals!!

We hope to see you in St. Louis!!

Great job with design this year!

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Nice video!

Is the minibot deployer going on the back end of your robot? The CAD picture didn’t show anything, but there seems to be a large space.

I hope you guys have some fun at WPI and Hartford.

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Thanks Bob,

How’s weather in the Northwest? Here in the Northeast there is a huge concentration of FRC team feeling “left out in the cold.” The nation’s mid-section got clobbered, but no one is talking about the Northwest.

Brian

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Told you, it’s a secret. They won’t even tell me! I know the minibot will be “sideways” when it’s deployed, but I don’t think the placement on the hostbot is finalized. We just missed two days in a row that were supposed to focus on the minibot.

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Weather in the Northwest in the winter?

Rain usually … not cloudy today…
but close to 50 degrees…

thanks for asking
Hope you guys stay out of the snow… or at least stay inside…

good luck!

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What method did you use to lift an object with the claw?

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Very impressive. I always love a sheet-metal drivetrain!
Keep up the good work, and never stop improving.

Good Luck,
John

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If the top peg is over 12 feet, we are in deep trouble.

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Thanks for the kind words. We are really looking forward to regionals this year. First stop: Suffield Shakedown.

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Yeah…that’s was a little “whoopsie” during my narration. I meant to say “10 feet” and then forgot to go back and redub that bit. Still, it makes it sound so much more exciting, don’t you think?

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That looks pretty fast, very solid drive train! Good Work Guys + Girls

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Thanks KBrown were staying hard at work down here in CT … looking forward to seeing you guys in Long Island.

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With pneumatics, if that’s what you’re asking. I can’t give you the details or my mentors will walk out on me!