Today’s OZone Open House was fantastic! Tons of prospective teammates came! Before the event, the team returned to the shop for some maintenance, cleaning up and even fixing some machines…
Continue Reading…Most of today’s build time was spent coding. First, coders developed the elevator, and configured the button board to it, attaching the height of each rocket position to a button. The joysticks were also re-coded for our new bots, assigning buttons on the sticks to commands such as the elevator, intake, and pistons.
Continue Reading…The programmers of the PixyCam2 have spent so much time with it that they’ve decided to give it a name. They’ve officially deemed the camera “Pixie.” Creative, right? Pixie was worked to near completion today. Attached to the new silver bot, it identifies colors so that it can practically drive itself to pick up Cargo.
Continue Reading…Construction of the so called “Newbie Bot” began today. It’s a robot that is being made wholly by first year students, with only overseeing and slight assistance from adults, returners and alumni. This bot will mostly be used for testing purposes upon completion, but its greater goal is to better teach these students the inner workings of our robots.
Continue Reading…It’s the dream of every young boy and girl of this generation… Imagine, using something more familiar than a drive station to pilot robots. Yup, that’s right! The limited number of drive stations has led testers to a new solution… We can drive using an xbox controller!!!
Continue Reading…Today, two cameras are in development. Not only is the PixyCam2 is getting some touching up, but a Webcam has joined the OZone roster! So, how did the left picture become the right…?
