About 2 months ago we wrote about our mechanical training and safety. Our students were building small robots using parts we had around the shop. These would give them a chance to complete safety passports for various tools, gain familiarity with techniques, and make a little RC robot. In the last week before the holidays,
In a previous post, we described a process that we hoped to undertake in order to get more of our students writing an auto. Over the early part of December, we saw of some of these plans come to fruition, and saw some of the first autos from our our students. We had around 10
Over the years we have had some great programming students on our team. We find, however, that our programmers already knew how to program before joining. This year, several of our programmers have graduated – but we have many new students who have expressed an interest in learning to program. Historically, we haven’t had a
It was the first snowfall of the season, and with it came the awe and inspiration of… a hockeyBot! Yesterday wasn’t the best day weather-wise, but we still had a number of eager students show up to get started on our pre-season build project. For the past few years, we have spent 5-6 meetings covering
