Team Updates:
FRC Build Season:
This build season has presented challenges and some scheduling conflicts. We are learning how to overcome these issues and focus on the most important task on hand.
FRC Build Season:
Build season for FRC started Saturday and we're currently working on designing prototypes for the drive train and contacting sponsors. We're also wrapping up the design process for the solar powered car and moving on to building. The business team is also busy scheduling fundraisers and more community services. Practice is now everyday and we're all working very hard in every area that Robotics covers. It's about to be an intense season, and possible our best one yet. The opportunities are endless for us, and we're ready to face any challenges that come our way this season.
A New Year Has Begun:
As the new year begins, we are already working on finding sponsors, raising money for our solar power car, and starting new teams. We are all extremely excited to be starting another year in robotics.
Space Balloon Challenge:
This year the Space Balloon Challenge did not go as planned. The balloon went up and then when we were able to track it again it was over the Atlantic coast and we lost communication thirty miles off the coast. This helped us realize that we need to do better planning before we send off the next balloon. We also learned that we have to be completely correct when calculating the amount of air and that we will have to launch further in the state to account for the jet stream.
Waterloo Regional:
During this competition we finished third seat alliance. This was a great experience for our team as we were able to travel outside of the country to meet new people from lots of different places. This also helped us because we were able to learn some of the championship team's methods and we learned how to incorporate conflicting ideas into the robot to make it work.
Palmetto Regional:
During this competition we had a few issues with our robot. We were able to triple production before going to the Waterloo Regional. This competition was an eye opener and really helped us be able to see the real issues with our robot. It was a great learning experience.
Executive Banquet Results:
The dinner went very well and all of the team's hard work and effort paid off in the end. We discussed our major topics such as FRC, MATE, Seaperch, the Global Space Balloon Challenge, the Solar Car Challenge, and our traveling endeavors. Our sponsors, parents, and alumni greatly appreciated our efforts to thank them for their hard work.
Executive Banquet:
Our team is providing a spaghetti dinner for our sponsors and affiliates to inform them of our current projects. The team is going to update them on how they have helped and how each donation means a lot to each and every one of us. During the dinner we will share knowledge and priorities to our generous sponsors along with the parents. We look forward to meeting the people that impact our robotics program.
Sponsors:
Our business team has made a lot of progress. They have researched companies and have called, emailed, and faxed them. We stand proud, supported by our sponsors. They have allowed us to achieve many great successes due to their generous donations. With sponsors we can pull through and get our projects done from the money they have generously donated. Currently, we have been investing in the necessary tools and parts to build our robot.
Update:
Over all, this robotics organization has impacted the student’s lives. As a part of the robotics team there is individual responsibility and progress made by everyone together as a unit. Everyone is influenced by a driven passion for robotics. Recently we competed successfully in SCRIW (South Carolina Robotics Invitational and Workshop) and landed in first place from the hard work on our robot. It kept shutting down, parts fell off and in the end we pulled through. The team has worked just as hard on building, business, MATE, improving our community, giving back to the people, and truthfully our successful opportunities are endless.
MATE:
Our MATE team has brainstormed and ordered the parts for our underwater robot. The procedures to do are complex and will test our skills. The team members work in unison and are tying their ideas together. All their opinions are taken into thought to produce the most successful robot. The tasks they take into thought include collecting algae from an ice shelf and collecting several specimens. It is difficult to successfully fulfill these tasks.
FRC:
It's build season and the robotics room is like a hive. Everyone is working hard to get things done. Our robot is built piece by piece every day. One day, just a strip of metal and in a week’s time it becomes a well-rounded machine. The FRC builders come every day after school and work hard to ultimately create a finished product.
Achievements
Team 4083 has accomplished many things. We were the first robotics team in the country to participate in the Global Space Challenge. We were also the first team in South Carolina to go outside of the United States to compete in the Canadian FRC regional. Team 4083 was the first robotics team that won ALL of the FIRST rookie awards in 2012. These awards included: North Carolina Regional Rookie All-Star Award, North Carolina Regional Finalists, Washington D.C. Regional Highest Rookie Seed, Washington D.C. Regional Rookie Inspiration Award, and the Palmetto Regional Rookie Inspiration Award. We will be competing in the Benedict College XTreme Technology Challenge. This will be our third time participating in this event. We are the first to begin a school that is strictly robotics oriented in order to gain more knowledge for further generations.