Recently, we received most of the parts we had been waiting on in order to begin construction of the robot. This includes 10 Kraken motors, a drill mill and lots of metal, among other things. This means that we are going to be doing a lot in the coming days and weeks.
To account for the loss of school during the snow days, we have decided to hold meetings on Fridays, including the 14th of Febuary. These meetings will go until 5:20. In addition, we will be holding meetings on every weekday of mid-winter break. Exact schedule is TBA, but they will likely be in the afternoon.
We strongly encourage attendance to these meetings, as well as our regularly scheduled ones. These upcoming weeks will be critial to getting the robot done on time for competition, so we need all hands on deck.
Tuesday, January 28, After School: Final Design Review. We will go over the final design as a team, so Be There Or Be Square. This is the best time to get questions about the design answered. Attendance is strongly encouraged for everyone.
Wednesday, January 29, Viking Time: Safety Talk with Coach Matt. As we are expecting some new tooling to come in the coming days/ weeks, it's important to know how to use everything safely. Attendance is strongly encouraged for all members of the Mechanical team.
Swerve: one of the swerve modules is "locked in place" -- that is, the wheel won't move. There is definitely an issue with the gears. Some of them are tilted. A fix will probably require some taking apart of the offending swerve module.
Electronics: The new radio (vividhosting model) will not connect to the computers. This is likely some issue with how we are configuring it.
Operations: Procurement is causing delays. Parts have not arrived and this is slowing down progress.
The 2025 FRC season kicked off on January 4, 2025, with a meeting at inglemoor to mark the event. The game, Reefscape, combines pick-and-place with shooter play, though with a heavy emphasis on the former. The upcoming meeting, on Monday, January 6, will be a late night in order to continue design work and begin our build season.
Due to a lack of public funding, there will be no activity bus this year. We are still going to be holding meetings as previously scheduled, so the upcoming meeting on Monday, 9/9, will occur.