FRC inland Empire Regional

March 28 - 30
CSU San Bernardino

In the end, a combination of rookie errors plagued the team through the qualification rounds. We hope to learn from these mistakes and become more competitive in future FRC seasons.

In the end, we finished the regional with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses with a rank of 31.

Specials thanks to everyone who helped us out during the regional. Congrats to FRC 2485 WARlords, FRC 1538 The Holy Cows, and FRC 968 RAWC.

Souplantation Fundraiser

Monday
March 18, 2013
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
301 E. Huntington Dr.
Arcadia, CA 91006-3747

Help support the Arcadia High School ADvanced Robotics/FIRST Robotics Team 867 through the team's Souplantation Fundraiser night.

Enjoy a night with great food at the Arcadia Souplantation restaurant. It's easy. Just show the flyer to the cashier when completing your payments.

A link to the flyer is posted below:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7pVWuc6Mv1RNW9KM3FPQU9RWWM/edit

30 Days till FRC Inland Empire

30 Days until Thursday of FRC IE
Tuesday
February 26, 2013

The team is continuing work on the practice robot. The goal is to have the robot done by the end of the week.

The plan is to utilize on of the old Trinity Robots that have survived the build season as a practice robot chassis. The drivetrain will be converted into a 4 wheel drive. The Shooter-Hopper will be integrated onto the pre-built superstructure of the practice robot.

Delta Zero

Robot Name: Delta Zero
Robot Game: 2013 - Ultimate Ascent
Weight: 111 pounds
Autonomous: n/a
Pyramid Climb: Level 1 climber. Consists of 2 pneumatics tanks on the side of the robot. Will be able to lift a 120 pound robot into level 1. A very fast climb, estimated to take less than 10 seconds.
Shooter-Hopper: Linear frisbee launcher with 2 8-inch rubber wheels. Total weight of 23 pounds. Consists of a plexiglass slide and a 5 gallon bucket to store a maximum capacity of 4 frisbees. A feeder mechanism that consists of a VEX 393 motor that push the frisbees into the wheels.
Electronics: The router, speed controllers, relays, and pneumatic air tanks are stored in the sides of the robot. A plexiglass access panel allows for quick access to the electronics for maintenance.
Drivetrain: A 4 wheels drive with 6 inch rubber wheels from Andymark. Two wheels on each side is connected to a single CIMple gearbox with 1 CIM motor through chains instead of belts.

Day 45 - STOP BUILD

Day 45 of FRC 2013 Build
STOP BUILD DAY
19 February 2013
Tuesday

The robot's electronics have been completed for several days now. The wiring have been dressed. Troubleshooting continued today and all of the issues, except the feeder mechanism, has been resolved.

This year we will retain our shooter-hopper system, which weighs 23 pounds, for further development and practice after the build season. Work on the practice robot have begun in week 6 and will continue with a goal of completing the practice robot before the end of the month.

The construction of the robot is officially complete. Though we were 2 weeks and 3 days behind our original goal of completion of the robot by the end of week 4, we were able to complete our goal of building a robot that is under the weight limit. We are still proud of the fact that we accomplished the robot before the end of the build season and will continue to pursue a faster robot construction process for next year.

The robot is currently bagged and tagged.

Day 42

Day 42 of FRC 2013 Build
Saturday
16 February 2013

The climbing system is almost complete. The electrical components for the climbing system has been installed. The only issue is that the team is missing a solenoid card for the CRio. We will receive a new solenoid card along with a new 4 slot cRio before the start of the Inland Empire Regional.

The climbing system itself was tested with the robot attached. The climbing system will propel the robot into level 1 of the pyramid.

Further troubleshooting of the robot continued today. We have resolved several issues with the program. We know for sure that the elevation system works. Further troubleshooting will continue through until the robot is bagged.

Day 41

Day 41 of FRC 2013 Build
February 15, 2013
Friday

The climbing system is fully integrated with the robot's superstructure. The air tanks for the pneumatics have been installed.

Troubleshooting for the robot's shooter-hopper is continuing. There are still some issues to resolve with the pneumatic wheels and the feeder mechanism.

The electrical team is dressing the wires and eliminating any chances of entanglement with the wires.