PrototypeX: February 2014

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

PrototypeX Visits the Capitol

PrototypeX had a memorable experience sharing what they do with members of the Utah State Legislature on Friday, February 7th. Our team is grateful for the support that we received at the event.

E-WEEK PRESENTATION: Team 3230 PROTOTYPE X

MONDAY, February 17th

CR 304

11:00 am to 12:00 pm

PrototypeX is invited to share their robot with Northrop Grumman Employees during E-Week. Northrop Grumman is a first year sponsor for PrototypeX. Coach Keith Schramm and other Northrop Grumman employees have helped mentor the team this year. Thank you Northrop Grumman!

While the build team is busy building a bot, our business team is busy building other kinds of projects.

Almost always a dilemma......how much does the robot weigh? Early on, we already started counting ounces.

The build season last from kick-off day, January 4th, to stop build day, February 18th.

Six weeks of cutting, crafting, wiring, and programming the robot. It is the shortest and longest six weeks of the year.

This year the challenge involves throwing a 24" diameter exercise ball through a goal. It is helpful to have a goal to practice shooting through.

Games in a nutshell.

In January FRC announces what the "game" will be. Every team will then have 6 weeks to design and build their robot for competition. This is a very intense 6 weeks! In 2014 the competition was called Arial Assist. The robots were put into a team of 3 robots. Then, they tried to score points against the other team. Points are scored by making the ball go through the upper goals, a goal in the corners on the floor, passing the ball from robot to robot, passing the ball from human player to robot, or by throwing the ball over a truss in the middle of the field.