2014 – Page 2

Competition!

03/03/201425/02/2015 by Team DAVE, posted in 2014, Competition

Finally it’s the end of build season and it’s time to compete! This year, Team Dave is competing in the Waterloo and GTR East Regionals.

GTR East Oshawa Regional will be held on March 6th to March 8th in the University of Ontario Institute of Technology recreational centre for the third year in a row. There will be 27 teams participating in this event.

Waterloo Regional will be held on March 20th to March 22nd at the University of Waterloo: Physical Activities Complex.This Canadian FRC event takes place at one of the nation’s elite engineering institutions. The University of Waterloo plays host to 23 FRC teams whose robots will compete for their schools and the companies that support them. In the heart of Waterloo’s world-class high-tech corridor, teams will get a chance at a berth at the FRC World Championship in St. Louis, Missouri. Come join the best of the best in engineering compete in the most intense robotic sporting event on earth.

Everyone is free to come out to each regional to watch us play! Links for more information to visit are above. If you can’t come see us in person, don’t worry! You can watch the stream for both regionals live at http://watchfirstnow.com/live and you can follow us in Twitter for frequent updates! @team3683

Day 42 – Three Days till Bag and Tag

15/02/201431/03/2017 by admin, posted in 2014, Blog, Build sessions

The team also pitched a community outreach idea at a open audition for the CBC show Dragon’s Den, on Friday at the Tannery. After our audition we got to tour Google and Desire2Learn.

With the the midnight deadline of Tuesday February 18th looming ever closer the team is kicking it into high gear. Final kinks are being worked out, and the drive team hopes to practice in St. Catherines this weekend.

Even though the team is busy with build, we have had some amazing adventures outside of the shop. This week we hosted an open house for our parents and sponsors, showing them our shop and robot.

The team also pitched a community outreach idea at a open audition for the CBC show Dragon’s Den, on Friday at the Tannery. After our audition we got to tour Google and Desire2Learn. This were both amazing tours, and the team loved the experience.

Our Chairman’s Award essay was submitted Wednesday, and the team is fervently prepping for our presentations.

With only three days left of build the team is putting in long hours to make sure we’re ready for competition.

Day 36

09/02/201404/03/2014 by Team DAVE, posted in 2014, Blog, Build sessions

With just more than one week left till Bag-and-Tag Day, we are hard at work refining and perfecting our robot. In addition to working on the robot, we have been working on our award’s submissions. With less than a week left until the Chairman’s due date, our awards team has been hard at work perfecting our essay. They have been working hard throughout the build season, working on the submissions whenever there was time between working on the robot. Work on the robot is on schedule with us practicing in St. David’s cafeteria and our second robot coming to near completion. With a little over a week left, we are working hard to complete our robot and submit our award submissions.

Day 29-Lots of Progress

02/02/2014 by admin, posted in 2014, Blog, Build sessions

Approximately 5 weeks into build, and the team is working hard. Even though many students were out of the shop for five days because of their exams, a lot of progress was made this week. Our first robot is close to complete, driving for the first time late last night. The second robot assembly has begun, catching up very quickly to it’s predecessor. Some difficulties were encountered this week, along with exams came a snow day, bad weather, and a lathe that hasn’t been operational. Happy to say, exams are done, snow has been cleared, and the lathe resurrected. Chairman’s team in gearing up to start the long process of essay writing and video recording. With less than 2 weeks left, the team is working towards a perfect robot come bag and tag.

Day 21

25/01/2014 by admin, posted in 2014, Blog, Build sessions

Approximately three weeks into build and we are proud to say where running ahead of schedule.

Machined parts for our chassis, shooter, and other important aspects of our robot came in this week; so the team has been hard at work assembling. The 3D printer has also been put to good use, printing various small parts for the robot and key-chains for team members. Our prospects for winning the newly introduced 3D printing award this year are quite promising. Work on our Chairman’s submission is coming along nicely, with Executive Summary completed and other parts well on there way to completion. Our team website has also been recently revamped, creating a more professional looking website.