What is Robotics About?
View the photos and videos below to learn about what a FIRST Robotics Team does each year.
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But wait, you say, I know nothing about building robots or anything! It will be too hard! I can't do it! .....
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You can expand the videos to full screen to see them better.
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There are two "seasons" for the team: Preseason, and Robot Build Season.
Preseason:
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Nuts, bolts, and small robot parts. Hardware is color-coded and tools are coded to match to make getting the right tool for the job easier.
Students teaching each other how to program using C++.
Our Pit looks like a rainforest, complete with several species of rainforest animals.
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Learning Solidworks CAD.
Using drills to power a prototype of a robot mechanism.
Building a prototype of a mechanism to see if it works.
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Potential robot design planned using CAD.
Learning how to use power tools.
One of the things we do that doesn't involve a robot is preparing "trinkets and trash" to exchange with other students at competition.
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Robot Build Season!
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The first Saturday in January is the "Kickoff" when the season's game is revealed. We get really busy this semester:
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Kickoff is held at Charger Union Theater at UAH. Many local teams come to the event.
Just some ideas for a "power cell" launching mechanism.
Testing out a special camera that allows the robot to align itself with targets on the playing field.
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Brainstorming after Kickoff.
Assembling electronics for the robot.
Motors require gearboxes. Here we are putting these together.
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Checking the game manual. How DOES a robot score points, anyway?
Working on the drive base.
Putting gearboxes together.
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Going to Competitions!
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Competitions:
You can watch some of our matches from previous years. Look for robot 6107. In the first video on the right we are in the RED Alliance, and are in the Blue Alliance during the second video. |
We get the chance to meet and make friends with teams from other countries. Here you see us with Brazilian Storm, 6404.
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But wait, you say, I know nothing about building robots or anything! It will be too hard! I can't do it! .....
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