In week 3, we disassembled our old robot from last year’s competition this week.. Speaking of our progress, Team 3082 is keeping up with our project management timeline, and  our progress is described below. Coming up, we have a Week Zero competition on February 23rd, where we will be able to test this year’s design against other local teams in practice matches and gather valuable data about our robot’s performance. It is an opportunity to network and learn how other teams ap

On January 7th, the annual FRC (FIRST Robotics Challenge) Charged Up was released. The  challenge includes picking up traffic cones and cubes, placing them on poles and shelves of various heights, and balancing three robots on a seesaw-like charge station. As always, we are competing with three robots on the opposing alliance on a field somewhat smaller than a basketball court. The game is designed to make extending our arm to reach the highest scoring location almost impossi