This week we met at Cerro Villa Middle School to make vanity bumpers for our demo robot, Citron. Thank you Cerro Villa Middle School for hosting us at your school and allowing us to finish fixing our robot in time for the 3rd of July outreach event! Tomorrow afternoon(7/3) we’ll be operating a booth at …
Last weekend we conducted our annual leadership training for our students. This was a very interactive and entertaining 2-day session involving mentors and students. We went over a variety of important topics like properly giving and accepting feedback, creating an open atmosphere that promotes curiosity, task delegation, and guiding new students. As a student-led team, …
Moving Out Last week we packed up our entire shop and moved out of the room graciously given to us by Villa Park High School. It was a long process, but we eventually sorted all of our stuff and moved them into temporary storage. Thank you Villa Park High School for hosting our team at …
Last Wednesday we had a special guest visit our shop and give us an amazing presentation about his career at NASA JPL, Google, and a startup called Itopia. From writing test code to make sure that the Curiosity rover’s brain was functioning correctly, to developing the cloud infrastructure needed to run powerful programs in pocket-sized …
Last week we had our 2023 Banquet, officially wrapping up our FRC season and transitioning us into the off-season! We had a great time with lots of awesome food, speeches, and gifts. We’d like to thank our sponsors, mentors, and parents for supporting us on our journey as we went from brainstorming concepts for our …
Overview The First Robotics Competition 2023 season Charged Up has come to an end, and what a season it has been for us! From brainstorming crazy robot designs to having eventful and exciting competitions, our team has experienced and learned a lot from this game. Game Reveal & Robot Design Going into the season kickoff, …
Week 5 is in the books! This week was a very productive week. Both our mechanical and software team have been working hard to build the robot. On the mechanical side, we are almost done with all the CADing, and are starting to work on building the robot! We worked on our gripper, which is a …
Are you behind on your Christmas shopping? Do you need inexpensive stocking stuffers? These items are being sold at discounted prices and 100% of the proceeds go towards funding the team! Share and RSVP on Facebook What Chargers, cables, keyboards, power banks, international adapters, Apple Watch accessories, and much more were generously donated. Where Vons …
Over the past 2 years, the team has called Foothill High School our home. In recent months, our stay has come to an end at FHS. We’re extremely thankful for the gracious donation from FHS for use of their auto shop space so we can continue to build robots and continue meeting through out the …
Catch a wave with us at Beach Blitz this November and watch us compete with our 2022 robot, Sheldon! The team has been hard at work this offseason upgrading Sheldon, and we can’t wait to compete with everyone at this year’s Beach Blitz competition.
