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Quote of the Day 1/25
Mike: Keyur, stop using these childish words. Would you hear these in the industry? Keyur: Maybe the toy industry.
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3D Printing
A 3D printer is a marvelous machine used for prints necessary in the third dimension. First a plastic string, called a filament, is held in a cartridge where it is brought to the extruder. The extruder takes the filament and melts it to a certain temperature. After the filament is Read more…
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A/V Builds a New Computer
The A/V sub team this year built a powerful new computer. The computer consists of two new 23.3” Asus LED monitors. These dual monitors are arranged side by side for easy access of files. The machine includes a powerful i5-3570K processor running at 3.40Ghz. The graphics card runs 2GB on Read more…
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Kickoff Photos
Another exciting Kickoff at Montgomery High School had taken place this Saturday. All 28 teams viewed kickoff and had received their kickoff parts. Teams got to see the playing field in person and experience presentations from many of the presenters.
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Kickoff Seminar: Motors
This presentation was part of Michael Leicht’s presentation about Gearboxes at Kickoff. Download
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Kickoff Seminar: The Chairman’s Presentation
Curious how to pull of an award-winning Chairman’s presentation? Have a look! Download
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FRC Team 1403 Helps out FLL Team 4396
To allow students of all ages to learn and get excited about robotics, FIRST has not only one but four robotics programs. One of these groups is the FLL competition, or FIRST Lego League. Unlike FRC, the competition that our team competes in, FLL is designed for middle school students Read more…
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Robotics and the Art of Problem Solving: Mentor Meeting 11/13
In this week’s mentor meeting, our mentors spoke to us about ways to overcome obstacles that we may face as a FIRST robotics team. We learned that many problems can be solved through simple yet effective designs. This is principle of KISS–keep it simple silly. Rather than trying to use Read more…
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What People See in Ramp Riot
Teams go to Ramp Riot for a variety of reasons, but the individuals who attend have even far more diverse motives. There are those who go to gather information on other teams, there are those who go in order to learn about technology, and there are those who go to Read more…
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Team 1403 Goes to Ramp Riot
On a quiet November morning begins, most people are asleep, content to sleep in on a Saturday. Not the thirty-six members of Team 1403 Cougar Robotics who chose to spend their day at the biggest event of Pre-Season: Ramp Riot. The competition was held in Wissahickon High School, home of Read more…