tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37396529305229652552024-03-15T21:09:44.170-04:00Blog | Team 2342FIRST Robotics Team 2342 – Team Phoenix is a regional FIRST Robotics team not solely aligned with a school.Bruce Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18188861598823913226noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-22426914034585845132016-04-25T15:27:00.001-04:002016-04-25T15:27:38.055-04:00Thank You, Sanford Plumbing!Team 2342 would like to thank Sanford Plumbing for their kind donation to our team, and for their ongoing support! We look forward to working with them at present, and in the future!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com154tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-84939265822467230892016-03-22T21:05:00.001-04:002016-03-22T21:05:11.214-04:00UNH District EventOur next event is coming up soon! We have been working hard to get ready for competition. Coding has been conducting testing on our vision tracking. This should improve our shooting abilities at UNH.<br />
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Our drive team has been getting practice for this competition. We would like to thank Team 811 for allowing us to use their practice field, this season!<br />
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We will be hosting a Spaghetti Dinner at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Nashua on 01 April. Come and join us for dinner from 6:30 to 8:30 to support our team, and enjoy food with family and friends!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-23601862745435940452016-03-08T16:30:00.000-05:002016-03-08T16:30:01.978-05:00Granite State District EventTeam 2342 participated in the Granite State District Event this past weekend, and won the Safety and Imagery awards!<br />
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Congratulations to Team 88 on being the captain of the winning alliance!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-36953924235313198022016-02-28T20:02:00.000-05:002016-02-28T20:02:01.587-05:00Bagged, Tagged, and Ready!After a significant amount of hard work, our robot was bagged and tagged on Tuesday, 23 February. Our robot is a high goal shooter with breaching capabilities, and we look forward to working with other teams at the Granite State District Event, this weekend!<br />
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We will continue to do testing with our second robot until the first event. We would like to thank Rapid Machining for helping us to lighten our robot! Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-34412634525582883222016-02-10T10:42:00.001-05:002016-02-10T10:42:04.048-05:00Making ProgressOur team is making great progress! Our mechanical subteam has mounted more components for the robot; the some brush mounts have been added as well. Our battery box is almost assembled! We are well on our way to completing our first robot!<br />
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Coding has been working hard on testing our robot. The vision tracking for the "boulders" is almost completely functional, and autonomous testing is underway.<br />
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Our electrical subteam is working on wiring our second control board! The first control board is complete.<br />
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Our business subteam has been doing research on drive costumes and possible improvements to the mascot costume. Additionally, our team has increased our presence in social media!<br />
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We would like to thank Rapid Sheet Metal and Solidscape for their physical contributions to our robot, this season!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-68534453130414698502016-02-07T20:44:00.001-05:002016-02-07T20:44:24.025-05:00Up and Running!Our robot chassis is now assembled, and it sits proudly on top of our drive train! Mech has installed wheels and treads on the drive train! Today, Mech also mounted motors, encoders, and an actuator. Additionally, game pieces have been constructed by our Mech students. The newest addition to our obstacle collection is the "rough terrain!" Our robot successfully made its way through the obstacle a few times, yesterday!<br />
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Team 2342's scouting system has been upgraded! Our team now has a scouting app which will be ready for use in the next few weeks! During competitions, our match scouts will be able to enter data about matches into a database. This will be extremely helpful during alliance selection!<br />
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Electrical has finished the first control board, and they are well on their way to finishing the second one! <br />
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Coding has been working hard to improve our robot's "vision," and the robot can now almost completely track the "boulder." Autonomous testing of the drive train has commenced.<br />
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The team standard has been designed, and is set to be ordered soon! We now have a student-designed tie-dye pattern for our T-shirts, as well as a prototype for drive costumes.<br />
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Great work, team!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-22988225730548297242016-01-31T20:34:00.001-05:002016-01-31T20:34:22.751-05:00Making ProgressOur robot frame has been assembled! Thanks to Rapid Sheet Metal, we now have a beautiful frame which is ready for action!<br />
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Some changes have been made to the prototype shooter, and the mechanism
is now functional. Our coding subteam tested some of the autonomous
functions on the robot today, and they will continue to do so for the
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Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-16521394473028918622016-01-29T14:26:00.001-05:002016-01-29T14:32:44.766-05:00YOU can help Team Phoenix receive $500 from a local company<b>Please vote now for Phoenix Robotics of Nashua at <a href="http://www.choosesanford.com/community/">www.choosesanford.com/community/</a></b><br />
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Please share this to help support our team!<br />
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Sanford Temperature Control, Inc. is offering $500 to one of three nonprofits in the Southern New Hampshire area. In order for us to receive the $500, we need to obtain the most votes by February 26th.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-62876077567590231432016-01-26T09:57:00.001-05:002016-01-26T09:57:36.167-05:00Game On!The building of the robot is in progress! Mech is prototyping the loader and shooter mechanisms for our competition robot; they are also building game pieces for practice. Wiring has prototyped a control robot. Coding is writing a test mode for the drive station, and they have finished coding for the drive train. They are working on vision code as well as code for the shooter mechanism. Most of the code for our robot allows our robot to run relatively autonomously.<br />
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Our team is working with Rapid Sheet Metal this season. They will be waterjet cutting parts for us. Solidscape, a 3D printing company, is also helping our team: they will be printing rollers for our robot. We would like to thank all of our sponsors for helping us to make this Build Season a success!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-71704477464064233842016-01-17T18:43:00.001-05:002016-01-17T18:43:14.730-05:00Sheet Metal, Lumber, and Wheels (Oh My!)Our team is almost finished with creating a model of the robot in CAD! We are in the process of building our loader mechanism. Our shooter is also being worked on by the mechanical subteam! The coding subteam has created an outline for the code for the robot. This will serve as infrastructure for the code for the robot, later in the Build Season. <br />
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In order to effectively practice playing the game, our team is building game pieces to mimic those which will be on the field. We have constructed a model of the tower, and we will begin working on the defenses, shortly.<br />
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Our business subteam has been researching tie-dye designs for team T-shirts. They have also been researching possible options for our team Standard, or flag! The team is also working on award submissions for the 2016 season. <br />
<br />Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-58971693915606161392016-01-12T21:18:00.000-05:002016-01-13T20:36:46.223-05:00Kickoff!The 2016 Build Season has begun! Our team had an exciting and productive weekend, and we are in the process of prototyping a few mechanisms for the robot. We have decided to have a combination "omni-track" drive train in order to tackle the tough obstacles and different surfaces on the playing field. We will decide what the final design will be for our robot, shortly.<br />
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The full model for the robot should be in CAD by this Friday, 15 January!<br />
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Our team is also planning on building a number of game pieces, in order to practice for the competition!<br />
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The Spaghetti Dinner has been rescheduled, and will now take place on 01 April at the Unitarian Universalist Church. Come and join us!<br />
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<br />Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-54533831037488633102015-12-01T08:19:00.001-05:002016-01-08T12:33:53.525-05:00The Game!Game Day is this Saturday, 05 December! Team Phoenix is looking forward to running their third annual mini-build game. Team members will have a chance to compete against one another in this year's challenge, Road Rage! Our robot is almost finished, and our coding subteam is in the process of testing their code. All team members will have a chance to drive the robot on Saturday! Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-36453889543572439512015-11-11T15:33:00.000-05:002016-01-08T12:33:29.919-05:00Mini-Build!Training is in full swing, and Team 2342 is working to build a robot for 2016's mini-build game, Road Rage. From saving "ducks" to pelting a target with dodgeballs, the game is sure to be a blast.<br />
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The Mechanical subteam has finished building the drive train for the robot, and is in the process of fabricating other components of the robot at this point. The Electrical subteam is wiring the control board, and is also working on a side project titled "Project Mech Phoenix." Headed by Michael Sweeney and Eric Christiansen, the project involves building an adjustable 'suit of armor' for this year's FRC game, Stronghold. The coding subteam has split into three primary groups (auto, sensors, and teleop) to code for the robot. The 'auto' group has started coding. The Systems subteam is managing the Gantt chart for the mini-build schedule. Our team is on schedule! The Business subteam is reaching out to local companies in order to secure sponsorships for the coming season.<br />
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Team 2342 will be attending the ribbon cutting for the new Homewood Suites on Exit 1 in Nashua, NH tomorrow! Our robot will be carrying the scissors! Team members will have a chance to speak with representatives from a number of companies in the Nashua Technology park. <br />
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The FLL tournament is coming soon! On 21 November, 2015, FLL teams from the Greater Nashua Area will come to compete at Daniel Webster College! Come and join us!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-89809741981890249472015-07-06T10:58:00.004-04:002015-07-28T10:01:06.551-04:00Gardening and More!<div>
In the past few weeks, members of Team Phoenix have been hard at
work building and maintaining a garden in the center of Nashua. What was
once a parking lot for the Unitarian Universalist Church is now a large vegetable garden, specifically planted for the Nashua
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The project is an
Eagle Scout service project for one of the team members; many team members, boy scouts, and members of the Church worked on it as well. Work done by Team Phoenix members included removing stumps of
trees, building raised beds, planting assorted vegetables, and watering the garden periodically. </div>
Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-27436188709154625482015-05-28T21:05:00.001-04:002015-07-28T10:00:50.706-04:00Governor Hassan Drives Recyclone!Team Phoenix brought Recyclone and Spare Parts to ASD's Symposium Promoting the Advancement of Real-World Knowledge. Governor Maggie Hassan made a stop at ASD to learn more about the SPARK Day. She attended Team Phoenix's course on FIRST Robotics, and drove Recyclone: she made a beautiful stack of totes. The governor also signed our robot, Recyclone. Thank you very much, Governor Maggie Hassan, for proclaiming 2015 to be a "year of STEM!"Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-72753829394337869712015-05-24T15:55:00.003-04:002015-05-24T15:55:55.030-04:00BattleCry and More!Team 2342 is currently attending the BattleCry event at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. This is a fun, off-season event which WPI has hosted for several years. At BattleCry, team members who were not on the drive team during the regular season have the chance to drive. I'lish Murphy and Eric Christiansen are the drivers for this event: Greg Christiansen is the operator, and Chris Tessier is the human player. Maggie Woolsey, one of the members of the drive team during the regular season, is the drive coach for this event.<br />
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Team 2342 will continue to operate during the summer, this year. The main foci of the team will be fundraising and training for the upcoming season. <br />
Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-14974323877827781162015-05-19T14:34:00.000-04:002015-05-19T14:35:14.435-04:00New Leaders for 2016 SeasonCongratulations to our new student leaders!<br />
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<b>Team Leader:</b> Sabra<br />
<b>Systems Leader:</b> Georges<br />
<b>Electrical Leader:</b> Chris<br />
<b>Mechanical Leader:</b> Devony<br />
<b>Software Leader:</b> Will<br />
<b>Business Leader:</b> BryceUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-29907183882441185772015-05-14T19:35:00.001-04:002015-05-14T19:35:14.143-04:00Election Day Is Coming Up!It's election season! Team 2342 will be electing subteam leads on Monday, 18 May. The team will be electing a team lead as well.<br />
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The team is preparing to go to the Battle Cry event at WPI over Memorial Day Weekend. This event will give anyone on the team a chance to drive the robot, if they wish to do so. The team is very excited to attend this off-season event! It will be a great opportunity to practice driving, and to interact with other teams. <br />
<br />Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-82118329226545187392015-05-07T17:45:00.001-04:002015-05-07T17:45:27.079-04:00Decisions, Decisions...Team Phoenix met on Monday, 04 May to discuss their plans for the upcoming season. From fundraising to training, the team covered all of their bases (and whiteboards) at this meeting!<br />
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Team Phoenix plans to increase the amount of time that they spend on fundraising: the team's average rate of growth from year to year requires additional funds. The team discussed ideas in terms of corporate sponsorships and private donations. The team also brainstormed ideas for fundraising, ranging from pancake breakfasts to custom water bottles.<br />
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The team is planning to meet during the summer, in order to develop plans for training and the upcoming mini-build season. The team might open up the mini-build competition to other teams as well, in the coming years. This will strengthen the bond between the teams in the area, and it will also foster a spirit of healthy competition.<br />
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The election for subteam leads will take place on 18 May. Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-62202650850347150952015-05-01T18:52:00.000-04:002015-05-01T18:52:35.376-04:00Team Phoenix at the World Championship!Team Phoenix performed extremely well this season, and qualified for the FIRST World Championship! Using planes, buses and automobiles, the team made their way to St. Louis. At the Championship, Team Phoenix made their way to the playoffs within the Archimedes Division. As the captains of the seventh seeded alliance, the team members chose teams 4201, 5403, and 3602. Although the alliance was eliminated during the quarterfinals, Team Phoenix performed extremely well this year! Congratulations to the members of our drive team, Maggie Woolsey, John Williams, Ryan Glossop, and Timothy Zumbo on a job well done.<br />
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We would like to thank all of the students, parents, and mentors who are involved with the team. In addition, we would like to thank our sponsors: every penny counts! We are extremely thankful for your ongoing support!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-47799873303669474412015-04-15T09:51:00.003-04:002015-04-15T09:51:42.947-04:00Our Competition, and More!Our team performed well at the New England District Championship Event at Worcester Polytechnic Institute during this past weekend. The team came in twelfth place in qualification matches, and was the backup robot of choice for the event <br /><br />We are extremely proud of our drive team: congratulations to Maggie Woolsey and John Williams on a job well done. Our team qualified for the FRC World Championship!<br /><br />We would like to thank our wonderful sponsors for making it possible for us to attend all of the events during the season. Every penny made a difference! We truly appreciate your support!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-10313554763814991762015-04-05T17:14:00.001-04:002015-04-05T17:14:26.063-04:00Getting Ready for WPI!Team 2342 is currently preparing for their next competition at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). From fixing autonomous to fundraising to cover registration costs, the team has had a busy week.<br />
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The members of our coding subteam have been working very hard in order to fix the complex autonomous mode on our robot. Our complex autonomous mode picks up and stacks three yellow totes, and pushes the stack into the autozone. We are hoping to have a functioning autonomous mode by Thursday, for our regional competition. <br />
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The business subteam worked to put together a presentation in order
to inform one of our wonderful sponsors of the work that we have been
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On Saturday, 28 March, the team held a fundraiser with the help of Sub Zero Ice Cream. The fundraiser was quite successful. Thank you very much to Sub Zero Ice Cream for helping to make our fundraiser a success!<br />
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Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-82766045651157189502015-03-27T09:09:00.001-04:002015-03-27T09:09:40.916-04:00Competitions and More!Team 2342 recently competed at the UNH District event on 21 and 22 March! The team took first place in the qualifying rounds, and also made it to the semi-finals. Phoenix Robotics is currently preparing for their next competition at WPI. They are making a few final changes to Recyclone and it's twin, Spare Parts.<br />
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The team is currently fundraising in order to cover the costs for WPI and other events. From Pizza Mondays to the upcoming Sub Zero fundraiser, there are many ways that you can get involved! <a href="http://ate.so/?j8hbU5r">Come and join us </a>tomorrow at either Sub Zero store in Nashua between 12 pm and 6 pm to catch up with friends, and enjoy some ice cream which is made to order. We hope to see you there!Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-34220538501236932212015-03-17T09:56:00.001-04:002015-03-17T13:24:52.372-04:00Our Amazing Complex Autonomous!<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1xWx5X5SdVo" width="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739652930522965255.post-15711501613818757162015-03-13T09:38:00.001-04:002015-03-13T09:55:05.784-04:00This Week in a ParagraphIn the past week, our team has been working on refining current techniques in regards to the robot. The mechanical and wiring subteams have installed and wired the IR sensors. This should enable our team to utilize the complex autonomous mode on a regular basis. The mechanical subteam has also installed small wheels on the back of the robot. The dragger has been removed.<br />
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The coding subteam has been working tirelessly in order to ensure that the complex autonomous mode is working properly. They have been meeting several times a week in order to test the code as well as the functionality of the robot.<br />
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Thanks to the business subteam, Team Phoenix's fundraising project is well underway. Pizza Mondays at ASD have been extremely successful. Team Phoenix will be holding a fundraiser at <a href="https://goo.gl/maps/U74m2" target="_blank">Sub Zero</a> on <a href="http://ate.so/?gJPy0PT" target="_blank">28 March, 2015 from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm</a>. Aasha Krishnanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05950273841671749661noreply@blogger.com3