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Ohio Educational Technology Conference

It was a cold day today in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. No, scratch that- it was cold probably in the entire mid east, but that's not what made today particularly cool. Today, some of the most die-hard Technical Difficulties members took the long, cold trek out to the Ohio Educational Technology Conference in downtown Columbus. There, we set up a booth with Central Ohio Robotics Initiative (CORI) to show people what we have been up to and our many accomplishments throughout the two years we have been a team. Our members saw the many different booths showcasing products from various companies. Their products were useful to teachers in improving students' learning experience with technology. All in all, it was a good day for 4085. We were able to share with others our achievements and accomplishments, and further spread the message of FIRST.

Technical Difficulties and CORI booth

Our members that went to the conference

Awards

Reynoldsburg Battelle FabLab booth

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New 2014 Shirt Design

Here he is! This is what we have all been waiting for, right?! Our Design Team has been working long and hard to re-invent our original Tobi design because let's face it, he needed a bit of tinkering.  

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About Our Chassis

We have two chassis this year; one is our back-up and is a traditional build we have created in past seasons. We call the back up our "glitch drive"- in honor of our first robot that had the same omni-wheel chassis. The second one is something we have never tried before: a mecanum chassis.

The new chassis, is a mecanum drive prototype undergoing beta testing. One of the advantatges of mecanum drive chassis is the manueverability, which allows us to straff, or move laterally, as well as be omni-directional. We are still working out the kinks in programming and are very close. We decided to make both because there are pros/cons to both and we are unsure which path will give us a greater edge in the competition.

Mecanum drive

Glitch drive

Mecanum wheels

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Build Season update

Here's how hard we are working on this chilly Saturday.

DESIGN

Our design team is currently working on multiple t-shirt designs and modifying our team mascot, Tobi.

LOGISTICS, MARKETING AND TACTICAL

Our marketing team is currently finishing up the business plan, planning events with other STEM schools and updating internet sites and social networks. 

Our logistics lead manager is currently working on booking a hotel for competition. Tactical is working on a pit sheet, match sheet and reviewing at past records of teams. 

ELECTRICAL & PROGRAMMING

Our electrical team is currently working on wiring the voltage regulator.

Our programming team is currently working on vision tracking for the robot and also programming the circuit board.

MECHANICAL, SPECIAL PROJECTS & DRIVE TRAIN 

Our mechanical team and drive train teams are working together to put together the first of our two chassis, and working on the gear box. 

Special projects is focusing on prototyping a shooter for the robot.

FABRICATION

For our practice course, the fabrication team is building the low goal and will soon start on the high goal frame. They have already finished building the facing of the high goal.

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New Tobi?

We are finally finished making new versions of Tobi, our mascot! Here are the top two pictures. We will know which one is official this Saturday, January 18th.

                          

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First Saturday of Build Season

Tomorrow is the first Saturday of build season. Almost a week of build season has already passed! The team was unable to meet this monday due to cold temperatures and this put us behind schedule.It's going to be a long day since there is so much that needs to be done in so little time. We are ready to face any and all challenges that come our way.

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Aerial Assist

The team attended FRC kickoff at The Ohio State University and found out the 2014 game is Aerial Assist! It was exciting to see so many FIRST teams gathered in one place to start the build season. Independence Hall was packed with students eagerly awaiting to see what the objective of their robot would be.







This years game requires teams to depend heavily on their alliance members to gain a substancial amount of points. More ponts are gained when robots assist the ball down the field. Watch the game animation below to learn more about the game. After kickoff, the team went to our high school to start brainstorming!

Our fabrication team will work to build a replica of
these goals for the robot to practice with during build season.

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