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2017 Cougar Class #2 – Engineering Design Process

TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ACTIVITY: Engineering Design Process Date: 10/25/2017 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 40 Number of Mentors: 5 Action Items: wooden board, candy pumpkin, Popsicle sticks, rubber bands, plastic utensils, hot glue guns Impact on Team: In the beginning of Cougar Class, Michael Leicht taught the team members about the Engineering Design Process, which are the steps to build a solution to a problem. Steps of the process include planning/prototyping, building, Read more

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2017 Cougar Class #1

TEAM 1403 COUGAR ROBOTICS PROJECT/ACTIVITY: The Tape Measure Ramp Date: 10/11/2017 Where: Montgomery High School Number of Students: 40 Number of Mentors: 5 Action Items: Popsicle sticks, glue guns, paper Impact on Team: Mentor Michael Leicht began the first Cougar Class on October 11th, with an introduction to the Robotics team. He briefly went over the past achievements of the team, as a way to introduce the new members to Team 1403’s past history in Read more

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Build Season Week #6

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 6 After many weeks of hard work and anticipation, the build season has finally come to an end after week 6. Members of Team 1403 are excited for the upcoming competitions and putting final touches on the robot. At the beginning of this Saturday’s meeting, all members were randomly tested on our team’s executive summary. While reviewing this information was a nice way to start the day, Read more

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Build Season Week #5

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 5 By the end of week 5, FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics is pushing through the final stretch of build season. Cougar Robotics will hopefully have finalized their robot for this year’s game and the upcoming week will be devoted to testing, troubleshooting, and programming the robot. As for Week 5, the team is efficiently putting together the parts of the robot. The Robot side has Read more

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Build Season Week #4

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 4 With only two weeks left in the build season, the Montgomery FIRST Team 1403 has been working diligently in preparation for competition. After weeks of anticipation, the robot sub teams have finished prototyping the shooter, the intake, and the hopper. They have also begun to build the frame and put the robot together. The Mechanical team has built the drivetrain, which is a system in a motor Read more

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Build Season Week #3

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 3   Officially having met the halfway mark of build season in Week 3, Team 1403 has been working vigorously to prepare for competition. This past week, our team has started to turn the wood prototype into metal. The Mechanical Team has made lots of progress, working on the gear holder to keep the gear at the right angle. They also made a conveyer for the Read more

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Build Season Week #2

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 2   Cougar Robotics is closing a critical week in build season with impressive progress.  Mr. Leicht is “extremely proud of the robot prototypes that have been developed,” and he believes the team is prepared well for the coming weeks building the actual robot.  This past week, the team has developed a strong foundation for success in the rest of the build season. In the second Read more

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Build Season Week #1

FIRST Team 1403 Cougar Robotics Newsletter Build Season: Week 1   After the Steamworks theme for this year’s FIRST competition was officially announced, Montgomery FIRST Team 1403 started off the build season with fervor and extreme enthusiasm. On the Monday and Tuesday following Kickoff, the team made designs for each part of the robot and point strategy. On Wednesday, there was a night meeting with the mentors where Team 1403 was able to clarify certain points and get Read more

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Kickoff 2017

11th Annual Kickoff On Saturday, January 7th, 2017, after months of anticipation and hard work, 31 teams gathered in Skillman, New Jersey at Montgomery High School for the 11th annual kickoff, which officially starts the build season. Before the official Kickoff was broadcasted from Manchester, England, students got the opportunity to attend workshops held by mentors and Team 1403 members to learn about different aspects of robotics. The workshop topics included pneumatics, gearboxes & transmissions, Read more

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2016 Cougar Class #5

The final Cougar Class took place on December 14th, 2016. As students entered the classroom, Michael Leicht started his presentation about the importance of responsibility, and sharing personal anecdotes to entertain and educate the students. At the end of the presentation, all the students learned an important lesson: one should always take responsibility for his or her actions. After the presentation, the students partook in the last Cougar Class activity, which featured Team 1403’s annual Read more

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