Author: Andrew Georgioff Due to the plates for our new intake being on hold for now, today was primarily a programming day. There were also other smaller tasks done today. We also made a modification to the Power Port so the balls fall on a ramp rather than down into…
Day 4 – Disassembly (1/21/2021)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, Pearl Jain Today was a quieter day, with a smaller amount of people than other open room times. Due to this, plus being unable to set up the field, we decided to focus on disassembling unnecessary mechanisms and programming. Raspberry Pi The programming team has been…
Day 3 – New intake progress (2/19/2021)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff Rollers We received the rubber tubing we ordered today! This shortage of rubber tubing was the main reason Sunday was mainly focused on practice (and a small amount of prototyping). At first we struggled to get the rubber over the plastic tubing, even when we were using…
Day 2 – Practice (1/17/2021)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff Practicing the new challenges While yesterday was spent fabricating parts for the new intake, today was spent primarily adjusting to the new challenge and deciding the approach we wanted to take for them. One notable change we made was adding a “net” behind the power port. This…
Day 1 – Build Season? (1/16/2021)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff 2021 Season! As you have likely noticed, this is the first post of the 2021 season blog! Due to COVID-19 cutting the 2020 season short, FIRST is doing a different set of challenges for the 2021 season called Infinite Recharge at home, with several challenges. The full…
COVID-19 Update 2: PPE, Pit Cart, and Website improvements
Authors: Andrew Georgioff While we have been unable to meet to do larger offseason projects due to COVID-19, we were still able to work on a few smaller tasks. PPE Printing: Due to the effects of COVID-19, many places have had a shortage of PPE. Many FRC teams, notably 2052…
Day 1 – Offseason? (3/15/2020)
Authors: Andrew Georgioff, COVID-19 As you have likely noticed, we are into the offseason. This is because all of this season’s current official FIRST events have either been canceled or postponed (https://www.firstinspires.org/covid-19). Additionally, our school has been shut down through spring break (starting March 28), so all meetings will be…
Days 67, 70, 71 – Winding Down the Season (03/10/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff These days were the last days of open room for a while. Intake Redesign Planning: At Northern Lights we realized that a wider active intake would be very helpful. One thing that a wider intake would help us achieve is a 5 ball auto that…
Day 64 – NLR Semifinalists (03/08/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Match 63: Foreshadowing This was another tough match. Throughout the match we managed to out-shoot the other alliance, keeping the score slightly in our favor. However, the extra points they obtained from their double climb managed to barely tip the match, resulting in a loss…
Day 63 – Rank: Three (03/06/2020)
Authors: Ritik Mishra, Andrew Georgioff Match 7: Failed to Climb In our first match of the day, we were doing well until endgame. We had shot (and scored) 12 balls. However, when we tried to climb, we were not able to do so. As it turns out, this is because…