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<title>3D CAD Workshop - How to Model Almost Anything</title>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="{{site.baseurl}}/images/uploads/2013/10/Picture1.png"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-123" alt="Picture1" src="http://www.bhsrobotix.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Picture1-300x215.png" width="300" height="215" /></a>On November 16th, Team 2876 will be hosting a PTC Workshop, hosted by one of our very own mentors, and PTC employee, Scott Morris. This event is free, and will be hosted in the Lower Library of Burlington High School from 8:30am to 2:00pm. The workshop will, in Scott’s words, “help your team improve their overall design process and shorten the time required to make ‘smart’ design decisions.” It’ll also be “fun!”
This event is open to all members of a FRC or FTC team who would like to attend.
The software we will be using for the workshop is Creo 2.0. We have 30 laptops with the software available, courtesy of PTC, but if you want to, feel free to bring your own laptop.
Lunch will be provided courtesy of <a href="http://www.bgood.com/" target="_blank">b.good</a>, and consists of a burger of your choice (beef or veggie). However, you are free to bring your own lunch if you would like to do so. Parents, the Burlington Mall is just a couple of miles from the school, if you would like to pass the time doing some holiday shopping.
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Parking and Directions</span>
The Burlington High School is at 123 Cambridge Street, Burlington, MA. (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=Burlington+High+School%2C+Cambridge+Street%2C+Burlington%2C+MA&data=!4m15!2m14!1m13!1s0x89e39fd8ff2c9397%3A0x1a7cafb580df1c8b!3m8!1m3!1d41240!2d-71.2030105!3d42.505117!3m2!1i1366!2i673!4f13.1!4m2!3d42.501186!4d-71.194971" target="_blank">Google Maps</a>) The student parking lot will be on the right hand side of the access road, and will be open. Enter the high school through the Main Entrance, and there will be signs leading you to the Lower Library, where the workshop will be held.
<a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/18o62Yu510Z5UpvNTVcr_42nTSE4y948pKbsawQgvXf4/viewform" target="_blank">Register here. </a>
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<title>2014 Kickoff: Aerial Assist!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2014 21:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="{{site.baseurl}}/images/uploads/2014/01/AerialAssist.png"><img class=" wp-image-231 alignleft" alt="AerialAssist" src="http://www.bhsrobotix.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/AerialAssist-300x200.png" width="126" height="84" /></a> The 2014 build season is underway! On Saturday, January 4th, most of the club gathered in the lower library to watch the FIRST broadcast revealing the 2014 challenge. This year, the game is called <a href="http://www3.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/2014-game">Aerial Assist</a>, and differs quite a bit in some ways from previous games in that, for most of the match, there will only be one game piece (a large ball) on the field at a time. The wrinkle is that far more points will be awarded this season than in the past for teamwork within the alliance, as assists are large point-getters.
[caption id="attachment_232" align="alignright" width="210"]<img class=" wp-image-232 " title="Xavier, Ashay and Shannon hold the ball at the Northeaster kickoff" alt="Xavier, Ashay and Shannon hold the ball at the Northeaster kickoff" src="http://www.bhsrobotix.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/IMG_1632-300x225.jpg" width="210" height="158" /> Xavier, Ashay and Shannon hold the ball at the Northeaster kickoff[/caption]
While most of the club watched the broadcast, 2 mentors and 3 students went to Northeastern to watch the broadcast there with other teams, inspect some mocked up arena elements, and pick up this year's Kit of Parts (KoP). After lunch, those still at the high school examined the rules in great detail in smaller teams, while the Northeastern pickup crew returned. When we were all back together, a small group was sent into the shop with the KoP to take inventory while the rest of the team continued to review the rules.
After much reading of the rules, and reviewing them together as a team, we mocked up a field with humans as robots and went through different scenarios, trying to understand the nuances of "the cycle" and "assists" and other terms related to this year's game that will soon be second nature.
Finally, we broke back into smaller teams to brainstorm about design ideas. We regrouped at the end of the day, and presented a whole bunch of different ideas.]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Devilbotz FIRST Robotics Team 2876 kicked off the year with a CAD (Computer Aided Design) seminar sponsored by PTC. The newest version of the program "Creo" was taught to the students and mentors from Burlington, Lawrence, Methuin, Billerica, and Worchester. Participants were instructed by a Devilbotz mentor Scott Morris on how to create a model of a robot for prototyping and testing. Another one of our sponsors, b.good<sup>®</sup>, was kind enough to provide a lovely lunch with beautiful burgers and fabulous fries.
On Saturday January 4<sup>th</sup> we received our new challenge, Aerial Assist, and picked up our starter kit from FIRST robotics. The starter kit is something that every team receives. It contains objects such as a chassis, motors, and other mechanical pieces. We also got to view the practice field, which allowed us to further plan the design of our robot.
It has been an exciting start so far with all the great ideas being shared by our inspired students and mentors. Students joined together to brainstorm and come up with ideas on form and function. We all actively participated in group decision analysis session, a process taught to us by our newest mentor, Lt. Michael Malec from Hanscom Air Force Base. We spent time identifying Key Performance Parameters (KPP) and prioritizing them to help us to design our robot to full efficiency.
We recently started twitter (@BHSRobotics) and instagram (BHSRobotics) accounts. Check it out for more regular updates on what we're working on!
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We as a team have been hard at work programing, designing, building, and creating this years robot. As you can see, the programing team has been busy writing code and testing it on our old robot. The mechanical team has been utilizing Creo by PTC to design the robot. The team has have been working together to get to the ultimate goal of a completed robot.
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Build season has started, and great progress has been made. Mechanical introduced several design ideas for the robot for aerial assist. As a team, we voted on the two best ideas and made prototypes of them. Once the two had been tested, we chose the best one and began the building process.
Our dedicated CAD team has invested a significant amount of time learning to use the PTC Creo program to its full potential; because of this, we have been able to model our robot and test the functionality of the system before the building process occurred. CAD has designed the pickup mechanism of the chassis.
Several divisions worked together to create a functional chassis. Mechanical created the structure and then handed it over to Electrical. Once the chassis was in Electrical’s possession they were able to wire up the chassis and gave it to programming. Programming has recently been working on incorporating Xbox controllers as a method of operating the robot, and is working on adding ultrasonic sensors to locate the low goal.
Mechanical is continuing work on the robot’s pick-up mechanism and now are fine tuning the pick-up mechanism. A sub group of mechanical has also finished building the field elements so that the aim and accuracy of the robot could be tested. They have also finished putting the wheels, gear box, and base together.
Electrical has been given the dimensions of the chassis by Mechanical and are now working on the placement of the motor controllers on the electrical board. They have made the decision to use Talons in the place of Jaguars to decrease the amount of weight and space. They have almost completed resolving all issues regarding weight distribution and the placement of the parts. Along with their other work, the electrical team has begun working with Multi-Sim to create schematics for the wiring of the robot.
Programming has finished using the Xbox controllers to operate the wheels and use the chassis. They have also checked out encoders, finished the orientation of the new members, and set up for the competition by downloading software. This was all possible thanks to the new, much needed, computer hardware we attained. They have also set up sensors so that the robot could perform certain functions autonomously.
The website was revamped and is now using a content management system called WordPress. Marketing has been keeping up with a steady stream of updates to our Twitter and Instagram accounts, along with our blog. We greatly appreciate our current <a href="http://www.bhsrobotix.com/bs-sponsors/">food sponsors</a>, Not Your Average Joe’s, Flatbread, Pizza Works, and b.good, who feed us on weekends. And of course we wouldn't be here without our <a title="sponsors" href="http://www.bhsrobotix.com/bs-sponsors/">financial sponsors</a>, NRG, PTC, Renesas, and Lockheed Martin.]]></content:encoded>
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On February 28th, the DevilBotz will leave Burlington and venture to the <a href="http://www.nefirst.org/portfolio/nh-granite/">Granite State District Event</a> at Nashua South High School. The event will run from February 28th to March 1st. Members of the team will leave Burlington High School early in the morning at 7:00 AM and coming back late at night around 9:00 PM the same day. After a good night's sleep, we come back on Saturday prepared to seize victory. We are one of <a href="https://my.usfirst.org/myarea/index.lasso?page=event_teamlist&-session=myarea:0A7D7887058561B86EujhouFA49D">39 registered teams</a> for the event. The competition is fierce but we still have high expectations to succeed. Continual updates on our performance will be posted on our social media pages.]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2014 00:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Last weekend, we went to Nashua South High School to compete in the <a href="http://www.nefirst.org/portfolio/nh-nashuagranite/">NE FIRST Granite State Districts</a>. Although we encountered a few problems on the first day, we recovered for the second. Once the qualifier matches finished, we found ourselves seeded 16th out of 40 teams, with a record of 6-6-0. We also utilized two different drive teams to keep everything fresh and running smoothly. Despite only being able to aim for the low goal, our reliable autonomous, quick maneuverability, and multiple three-assist cycles during our matches proved to be an effective combo. Our efforts did not go unnoticed.
We graciously accepted to be on the 3rd seed alliance, with Team 4034, the Pelham Pythons, and Team 1831, the Screaming Eagles. Our alliance was paired against the 6th seed alliance. Despite our great start, winning the first match in a best of three series by a score of 248-123, we lost the next two and were eliminated. Even though we didn't make it all the way to the finals, we were extremely proud to be ranked third overall in total assist points (260) and fifth based on <a href="http://www.thebluealliance.com/opr">Offensive Power Rating</a> (41.09) out of the 39 robots that competed at the event.
This competition helped us demonstrate some of our strengths, which included: communication between the pit and stands, lining up the positioning the robot properly during the autonomous period and scoring consistently, and of course team spirit. We also learned about some weaknesses, which we we will be sure to fix by our <a href="http://www.nefirst.org/portfolio/ma-nu/">Northeastern Competition</a>. This competition gave our new members a chance to experience the excitement of an actual competition as well as the importance of teamwork and assisting other teams. We are excited for our second district event at Northeastern University on March 28th and 29th. We hope to see you there!
Visit <a href="http://www.thebluealliance.com/event/2014nhnas">here</a> to see details of our results!
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[On March 28 and March 29, the DevilBotz will compete in the Northeastern District Event at <a href="https://www.google.com/maps?q=Matthews+Arena,+Boston,+MA&hl=en&sll=42.505134,-71.204811&sspn=0.227034,0.528374&oq=matthews+aren&t=m&z=17&iwloc=A" target="_blank">Matthews Arena</a> in Northeastern University.
We will leave Burlington and venture 12 miles south to the Northeastern District Event at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. The event will run from March 28th to March 29th. Members of the team will leave Burlington High School early in the morning at 7:00 AM and coming back late at night around 9:00 PM the same day. After another good night’s sleep, we come back on Saturday prepared to seize victory. We are one of 40 registered teams for the event, and are excited to showcase our updated robot, Lucy. Look out NU, the DevilBotz are falling from heaven like our pal Lucifer.
Continual updates on our performance will be posted on our social media pages. Feel free to check out our Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/bhsrobotix" target="_blank">@BHSRobotix</a> and give our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/team2876" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> a like.]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Summer's over and that means back to work. Things at BHS Robotix are already in full swing. Over the past few weeks, incoming members have gone through orientation and begun to settle in. Marketing has applied for the PTC grant and is working on getting Raytheon and Renaissance grants as well. Electrical has begun planning for the year, focusing on training incoming members. They also kicked off the year with an exciting game of volleyball. Competition is working on making an organised system to keep track of assignments for maximum efficiency. CAD worked on improving their skills as well as finding a lighter arm for the robot. They then moved on to think about the tough box. Mechanical has been tackling the problem of the gears and the gear boxes in the arm of the robot. All in all, this year has begun with a great start and the team is well on its way to a successful competition in River Rage on October 25.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Preseason 2014-2015</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2015 23:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr"> This year's preseason was extraordinarily productive. In addition to introducing new members to equipment and teaching them basic skills, the different divisions each prepared for build season in their own ways. Our mechanical division worked mainly on exploring new technologies and repairing old robots. These robots are brought to various local events throughout the year to drum up support for our team, and raise interest in STEM programs. Programming also worked with our retired robots to smooth out any glitches in their code. They used the older robots as a model to teach new members the skills that are needed during competition, such as connecting the controllers and the robot through wi-fi networks. CAD spent the preseason downloading and becoming familiar with CRIO. They also worked closely with our electrical division to create a board for our robot. Electrical took training their members to another level: they began to created a series of YouTube videos for future generations of Team 2876 members. They created a protocol for efficiently checking a robot when it malfunctions for quick repairs that will help our team if we face any electrical difficulties during competitions. Our newest divisions, Competition and Schematics, spent the preseason organising their plans for the future. Competition went over the rules of competitions and created a plan for streamline scouting. They also worked on a process to select a team to drive the robot during matches. Schematics expanded during preseason and has been training new members, as well as becoming more organised and familiar with techniques. Our marketing division spent preseason creating an agenda for the season. They also worked on finding food and monetary sponsors. The hard work of preseason has paid off, and the Devilbotz are off to a great start in build season!</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2015 17:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr"> Welcome to Team 2876! Established in 2009, we started out small, but have blossomed over time to a team of approximately 70 members, and three main divisions, each with their own subdivisions. We meet September to June, once a week during off season and four times a week during build season. While we have never won a competition outright, we have made it to the finals and semifinals on multiple occasions, and intend to do so again in the future. Our current team is large enough that it is more effective to specialize rather than have everyone do everything. That said, we have divided ourselves into three main groups; Build, Marketing, and Competition Preparation. Build, the group that physically builds the robot, has several subdivisions of its own; Mechanical, Electrical, Programming, Schematics, and CAD. Our year is also divided, into three seasons; pre season, build season, and postseason. During pre season, each division teaches its new members how to complete tasks related to its division. Most members come in with no experience, but by the end of preseason, they are fully capable and ready to build. This season lasts until FIRST Robotics announces our challenge on the first weekend of January. From here, we enter build season, which lasts six weeks. This is the time when we have received our challenge, and are working hard to build our robot for competition. After all the excitement and competitions are over, we enter post season, where our mentors teach now-experienced members theory and information that can be passed on to next year's freshman.</p>
<p dir="ltr"> This year’s competition is<a href="http://www3.usfirst.org/aboutus/nljan15/ready-set-rush"> Recycle Rush</a>! We have been given the task to construct a robot that can lift, carry, and stack recycling totes and bins. The purpose of the game involves working together with other teams to score points by stacking totes, bins, and pool noodles in designated scoring areas. However, this year’s challenge also has a twist! Teams can collaborate with their competitors to win mutual points. Recycle Rush is also a very practical challenge, promoting the idea of recycling as well as educating students on the main uses of robots in the professional world. We are excited to be taking part in the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition and are hoping for a successful season!</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>RoboRIO Wire Solution!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2015 00:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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<p style="text-align: left;"> Our team's very own electrical lead, Shannon Carey came up with a brilliant solution to the RoboRIO wire issue that many teams have been experiencing!:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> My team, 2876, competed in the week one Granite State District competition. A common problem encountered by many of the teams was that of the wires falling out of the roboRIO. Hot glue was the first thought in a lot of cases, but as we were explicitly told by a judge, hot glue is against FIRST regulation.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"> However, I did come up with a viable, simple, cost-effective solution that successfully prevented any wires from falling out over the course of the event. Using a string or a rope, thread a strand between two of the three pwm/encoder wires. Take the same thread and keep going across the heads of several pwms in a row. This can be taped down to the board, and the force of the rope and the tension pushes down on the heads of the pwms without damaging the parts or breaking any FIRST saftey standards. The picture helps to explain this as well.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Hope this helps some other teams out there :)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">-Shannon Carey</p>]]></content:encoded>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Devilbotz have been in the news a lot this spring! We hope this run of media exposure will do great things to support our fundraising efforts.
<a style="line-height: 1.428571429; color: #2a6496; text-decoration: underline; outline: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;" href="{{site.baseurl}}/images/uploads/2015/06/burlington_logo.png"><img class=" wp-image-891 alignleft" style="margin: 0px 20px;" alt="Burlington Union" src="http://www.bhsrobotix.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/burlington_logo.png" width="174" height="55" /></a>First, the Burlington Union ran a couple of articles about the Devilbotz. Our own Mrs. Carey wrote an article about the team's <a href="http://burlington.wickedlocal.com/article/20150420/NEWS/150429580/0/SEARCH">run to the World Championship</a>. After we returned, the Union ran <a href="http://burlington.wickedlocal.com/article/20150505/NEWS/150507995">another article about our trip to St Louis</a> that includes a great photo!
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The Devilbotz weren't only in print this Sping; they were also live and in color on TV! BCAT ran a number of different segments featuring the team. First, there was an interview with
Then there were several different shows airing on BCAT that featured the Devilbotz. There was the "<a href="http://bcattv.org/bnews/archives/bhs-devilbotz-on-the-road-to-world-championship/">Back from the World Championships</a>" interview, followed by t<span style="line-height: 1.428571429;">he hour-long <a href="https://youtu.be/wm-opHuI8JI">Sportscall episode</a>. Finally, </span><span style="line-height: 1.428571429;">"</span><a style="line-height: 1.428571429; background-color: #ffffff;" href="http://www.bcattv.org/programming/public-channel/something-to-talk-about/episode-58-devilbotz-and-stem/">Something to Talk About</a><span style="line-height: 1.428571429;">"...</span>
-- please patronize both BCAT and the Burlington Union whenever possible, and be sure to thank the excellent groups for their coverage and support.
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Last season the Devilbots worked exceptionally hard on our robot and trained our new drivers and scouters for their positions. Throughout the season we participated in many events and competitions. Our first event of last year's season was the New England North Shore Event where we had a record of 10-7. In Reading we were team captains and we even made it to Semis! Our next event was the New England UNH Event where we made it into the quarter finals and finished 7th place overall and made it to the regionals in Reading.
The Devilbots performed exceptionally at BattleCry where we were 6-2 in the end. After our summer break and the new students came to join the team we participated in RiverRage. We hope the new drivers had fun! We are excited to see the game for the next season!]]></content:encoded>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we are at the end of build season. Although our heavy planning phase somewhat slowed our progress, by the time we built the parts, we knew exactly where every bolt and wire should be placed, which meant the process went by considerably more efficiently. By the end of week four, Electrical had finished creating and neatening the electrical board, as well as Mechanical's finalization of the chassis. By the time another week had passed, the main lift mechanism had also been constructed, which programming quickly descended upon to upload and test the by then mostly finished code. Halfway through our last week of build, our robot was fully operational and driving around our workshop, much to all of our delight.</p>
<p>In the meantime, competition preparatory team worked on selecting our drive team. Team members applied to the position of driver, co-driver, coach, or human player. Drivers were tested for their ability to drive the robot, and completed obstacle course and observed for strategy, accuracy, and timing. Human players practiced loading totes, while co-drivers and coaches completed a communications test where they instructed a "blind" person in replicating a lego design. By the time programming had the robot driving, two full drive teams had been selected, which would alternate matches during the competition.</p>
<p>Our last few days included a few major last minute decisions and changes. Our rectangular structure, when reconsidered, was rejected in place of a more stable triangular structure. Additionally, of the two arm structures we had been debating, a more forklift like structure with selected. Finally, the robot was bagged and tagged, and the team rejoiced. Now we eagerly await
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our first competition this year was an all-time best for our team. In past years, the challenge was more to keep our robot from breaking than to actually play the game. Though we had a very effective robots, their longevity was highly questionable. This year, however, was a different story; our robot experienced only minor technical difficulties, and throughout the competition remained a potent adversary and ally to the other teams. We were very proud.</p>
<p>Our main difficulty came in the form of a field element complication. Our robot receives totes from the feeder station, where a human player picks up a tote and feeds it through a slot in the side of the playing area. However, this slot is a foot or two off the ground, which means that even though the totes were fed right side up, they frequently land sideways or upside down. Since our robot can only lift totes in one orientation, this was a problem for us. We have worked on strategies to resolve this issue before our competition this coming weekend in Reading.</p>
<p>In Nashua our team took fifth place out of a total of forty teams. This is a new record for us. In addition to that, we received the honor of FIRST’s Quality Award, which was given to us for our clean robot design, careful preplanning, and strong team organization. We may not have won the competition, but we did better this year than ever before, and plan to improve even more for our competition this weekend!</p>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2015 23:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This competition was even better than our first. Robotics competitions used to be more about fixing our robot than actually competing. This year, however, our robot experienced only very minor difficulties. We could focus on competing rather than constantly being concerned with its condition. </p>
<p>The main difficulty in our first competition came in the form of a field element complication. Our robot receives totes from the feeder station, where a human player picks up a tote and feeds it through a slot in the side of the playing area. However, this slot is a foot or two off the ground, which means that even though the totes were fed right side up, they frequently land sideways or upside down. Luckily, our mechanical division rose to the challenge and dramatically improved our lifting mechanism. With this new improvement, we were able to make it farther in the competition than ever before. </p>
<p>In Reading our team surpassed the Quarterfinals, and for the first time in Devilbotz history, we qualified for the Semifinals. After several matches, we won 4th place out of a total of forty participating teams. We may not have won the competition, but we performed stronger in this competition than ever before, and we have a chance of advancing to the District Championship Event hosted at WPI.</p>
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<title>Going to the World Championship!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2015 02:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<span id="docs-internal-guid-bff5b218-ee4f-2961-345b-23cf9e9bd52c" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Times New Roman; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> After a long build season that contained careful planning and hard work, we had a strong performance at the Nashua District Event, our team's first competition of the season. The DevilBotz aided many high scoring matches and also became alliance co-captains during the semi-finals. At this competition, our team won a quality award which was largely due to our amazing schematics design produced by Lauren Schissler. During the following weekend, the team was ranked in the top eight teams, and therefore was chosen as an alliance captain at the Reading Competition. There were forty teams attending the event, and our alliance placed fourth! Our district qualifying score of sixty-nine points allowed us to advance to district championships that was held at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, which was the furthest our team has ever advanced. As soon as we discovered our achievement, our hard working build lead Xavier Little designed a modification that allowed us to hook recycling containers and help our team score an even greater amount of points. The team voted and agreed to add the modification at the competition. Our build team worked diligently and the new design was a success! We were recently contacted and told that we were invited to participate at the World Championship. The team was amazed to have made it so far, and never expected to do so well as to qualify for the worldwide competition. Twenty-six of our team members and mentors are currently competing at St. Louis, along with 600+ of the world's top robots and we wish them the best of luck!</span>]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Winner of Our 50/50 Raffle Fundraiser</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 22:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 23:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Written by Shannon Carey
Much like the way an athlete might aspire to go to the Olympics, the pinnacle of achievement for a FIRST robotics team of any kind, age, or experience, is the FIRST World Championship Competition. For our team, Worlds had always been a distant dream; something we smiled to think of going to, but never really expected. So when we received an invitation to attend and compete, it was an honor we were excited to accept.
Though it may seem the obvious choice, our team actually had quite a quandary to face as to whether or not to accept the invitation. Despite our impressive fourth and fifth place rankings in the districts, our lower ranking in the regionals meant two things; that we were not expecting an invitation, and that we were only informed about five hours before we were expected to respond. This meant that we were not prepared to go, and had little time to make up for that. We would of course be ecstatic to accept the invitation, but the logistics- how to get there, whether there would be hotel space, and most importantly, did we have the money- were significant considerations. In the end, thanks to our many generous sponsors and our school board, who paid our $5,000 entry fee, we were able to afford it. Thanks to our wonderfully resourceful mentors, able to find room and board not far from the event venue. In under a week, we set off for St. Louis, Missouri.
The travel itself was the first, last, and possibly greatest ordeal we all had to slog through. About half the team, around twenty students, volunteered to go. We traveled alongside the Billerica Bionics (team 4909) in a pair of fifteen person vans, with many of our tools and materials beside us. The drive in total was calculated to be a full twenty four hours each way, with a stop over in Ohio on the way there and back. We are all amazingly thankful for our saintly, self-sacrificing mentor/drivers. In the end, we arrived in St. Louis with the same number of people as we started, ready to compete.
Our team was assigned to the Carver division, one of eight sub-competitions of the World Championsip. Of these eight, the top team of each was allowed to choose their own alliance to compete against the others in a final arena, which would conclude the competition. Though our drive team and robot were as fully functional as ever, the calibur of competition meant we did not come anywhere close to qualifying for finals. This was not the disapointment one might expect, however; our goal in coming was not to win, but to simply learn as much as possible, so as to grow stronger and hopefully return to worlds again next year.]]></content:encoded>
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<title>Progress on January 25 - 2016</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2016 00:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Made shooter prototype</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Worked on high goal</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Worked on sally port</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Helped fix kit bot gearboxes</li>
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<strong>Next meeting:</strong>
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<li>Will start bringing chassis build to a close, hopefully</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Electrical</strong></h2>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Continued design of the final electrical board</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Made sure that we could successfully melt the thicker lexan into the box shape that we wanted successfully without damaging it</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Helped prototype the shooter mechanism</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Working on a new prototype board</li>
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<strong>Next meeting:</strong>
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<li>Start building the final electrical board</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Programming</strong>:</h2>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Rick, Melissa, Micaela, and Chris worked on Vision Tracker stuff</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Set up a test project with code another team gave out</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Jake and Dan worked with the gyro on the new turtle bot</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Fixed previous issue of driving while oscillating</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Tried to fine tune PID and failed, learned more about PID on wikipedia and succeeded through knowledge (weird right)</li>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Next meeting:</strong></p>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Have to find out what the plan is with the shooter so we can say what sensors we need</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Continue researching vision tracking</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>CAD</strong></h2>
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<li style="text-align: left;">Cad helped mock up the arm with design team</li>
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<strong>Next meeting:</strong>
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<li style="text-align: left;">We have started/ will finish nailing down a mounting system for the window motor so that we can finalize the whole arm design</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Competition</strong></h2>
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<li>Award applications! We're about 30% done with Chairman's (deadline: Feb. 4!)</li>
<li>Next meeting/rest of this week:</li>
<li>Administering rules tests and starting drive practice with the turtle</li>
<li>Mapping out scouting app</li>
<li>Finalizing design for pit</li>
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<strong>Keep in mind:</strong>
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<li>Team standard/button design (come to competition if you have ideas)</li>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Marketing</strong></h2>
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<li>Finished updating quicken and we used $1415.86 of our budget so far</li>
<li>In the process of writing an article for the paper</li>
<li>Also in the process of sponsor thank you cards/letters</li>
<li>Working on awards with competition</li>
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<strong>Next meeting/rest of this week:</strong>
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<li>Continue working on what's listed above</li>
</ul>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Design</strong></h2>
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<li>Settled on a final design for the arm! :) quite exciting. Still a few small details to be worked out by CAD next meeting though.</li>
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<strong>Next meeting:</strong>
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<li>Will wrap up not only specifics on the shooter, but hopefully the entirety of the design.</li>
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