C.O.R.E. 2062

Wisconsin Regional

Grant — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:05:58 +0000

On March 22^nd-24^th, 2012, our team went to the Wisconsin Regional. We were the recipients of multiple awards. We also won the Gracious Professionalism™ Award, which is awarded to the team who represents FIRST in the most positive light. Another of the most prestigious awards, Dean’s List, is awarded to only two individual students. One of our mechanical subteam leaders, Annalyssa, is a Dean’s List finalist. This award is presented to students who exemplify the ideals of FIRST. There was no better person to represent our team and FIRST than Annalyssa. In addition to that, we also placed in the top 3 for Safety and 10 other awards. In the actual competition itself, we were ranked 14^th. We made it to the semifinals with our alliance that consisted of team 868, TechHOUNDS and team 2039, Rockford Robotics. In the semifinals, we lost in a terrific battle against team 48, Delphi E.L.I.T.E., team 2826, Wave Robotics, and team 269, CooneyTech. This alliance eventually went on to win the regional. The regional was not only fun, but a great learning experience for all of us, and we will use the knowledge we’ve gained to do even better at internationals!

Lake Superior Regional

Erica — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:02:21 +0000

From March 8^th through 10^th, C.O.R.E. was in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center for the Lake Superior Regional. Ranked 37^th out of 64 at the very end, we made it all the way to the semi-finals with Teens ‘Nto Technology 3840 and Inconceivable 2530, but were knocked out after a close match which was won by the 1^st seeded alliance, consisting of MORE 1714, King TeC 2169, and Nordic Storm 3018. It was an honor to be able to go up against such a great alliance. Considering that our programming failed and we had to re-write it all on Thursday night before the qualification matches started on Friday morning, we did quite well. We won the Industrial Safety Award sponsored by Underwriters Laboratories in Duluth, our eighth time receiving the award.

Duluth

Evan — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:50:05 +0000

Those of you who have visited our Competitions page know that our team is visiting Duluth, MN for their Lake Supeior regional.
Those of you who wish to follow the action live can watch the livestream, put on by Duluth’s own The Daredevils.

Bag-and-Tag

Evan — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:02:03 +0000

This week Tuesday (February 21) we reached the end of our build season period and “shipped” our robot out. This year, unlike other years, we were required to keep our robot on site, as opposed to the other years were we actually shipped our robot to a warehouse were it would be held until competition. To insure its integrity our robot is bagged up and signed off on by our school principal, Mr. Nowak. This is still an important milestone for our team though, even without actually “Shipping”.

Build Season Week Six

Erica — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 17:35:41 +0000

As of today, February 18^th, there are only three days until Ship Date! The mechanical subteam has been meeting outside of normal times to make some last-minute touches to make sure the robot will be ready for Ship. Team 1714, MORE Robotics, is coming to our high school today to practice driving with us in our field house. On February 15^th, we were able to submit Chairman’s, Website, Dean’s List, and Woodie Flowers after doing the final edits on all our essays. Today, we had two safety demos from our safety captains, Daniel and Aaron. The Chairman’s and Graphic Design teams are collaborating today to work on our sponsor panels that we will be putting on our robot for competitions. We have about three weeks until the 2012 Lake Superior Regional in Duluth, Minnesota, and we can’t wait!

Build Season Week Five

Erica — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:11:15 +0000

One more week of build season! C.O.R.E. has been hard at work to try to get everything done. Mechanical is finishing our robot so we are ready for the 2012 Lake Superior Competition in Duluth, Minnesota (for more information on our competitions this year, click here.) Programming has finally gotten some time with the robot to be able to get some readings for their sensor inputs in their coding. Our Chairman’s subteam has been furiously editing our essay and executive questions, down to the home stretch now. Website, Chairman’s, Woodie Flowers, and Dean’s List are due on February 16^th. Animation has recorded a voice-over for their video. They also have one scene rendered on 3ds Max, with a few more on the way for the final product. All in all, we are at a pretty good place and we are all very excited!

Build Season Week Four

Erica — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:51:14 +0000

Week four of build season has come and passed. Everyone has been hard at work, trying to accomplish as much as possible. We have been working around the clock. Our mechanical subteams have finished building the robot. Programming has been writing code for our robot. Our animation crew is almost ready to render their animation. The CAD subteam has been doing the drawings and updating our bill of materials. Their chassis drawing is almost done! Chairman’s has an official rough draft of the essay done and is beginning on the Executive questions.

Build Season Week Three

Erica — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:19:53 +0000

It is now week three of build season. C.O.R.E. is a bit further behind than we would like. The manipulator and actuator are still being assembled. The programming subteam has not gotten to work with the robot yet, though they have been working on the robot’s vision and have completed driving portion of Teleop. Chairman’s, Website, and Animation have been on track. Website has been keeping this site up-to-date with the posts and events. Animation has been using 3ds Max — an animation software – to model and animate their video. Chairman’s, with the use of Google Docs, has been working very hard on the essay and the Chairman’s video ideas. The CAD subteam has been using the 3D printer to help out the mechanical subteam by assembling and printing parts. Also, they have been drawing the robot on CAD and keeping it up-to-date.

Build Season Week Two

Erica — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:07:36 +0000

Week two of build season has passed quickly. We were able to reach consensus on the entire robot design, after much debate. Our mechanical team has built a manipulator prototype, a chassis, and a prototype for the actuator. During week two, we were able to test the manipulator prototype. CAD has begun to draw the prototypes on 3D modeling softwear. Animation has been hard at work with storyboarding and modeling the animation for this year. Website has been making some tweaks to the website. Chairman’s has been working on the essay and presentations. All in all, it has been a fairly good week. The entire team is very excited for the 2012 Lake Superior Regional in Duluth!

Build Season Week One

Erica — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:04:33 +0000

It has been a week since Kickoff. On the first official day of Build Season, we deemed a few things important to focus on and then talked about how to best go about designing the robot to fit those needs, which include being maneuverable and being able to shoot the basketballs a long distance. After some debate, we have come to consensus on almost all of the different components for the robot. Our mechanical team is starting to build the drive train and prototypes for the manipulator. Website, Animation, and Chairman’s all have been hard at work to be able to submit their work on time.