Day #24 – 2/10/25

The team continues putting the finishing touches on impact, wiring the robot and finalizing some of our final mechanisms for the robot.

Day #23 – 2/7/25

The robot begins to get wired. We work on bumpers and our teams Impact Video. As we get closer and closer to competition, the robot is beginning to come together.

Day #22 – 2/6/25

The Belly Pan is on, the elevator goes up and down and we are ready to wire. Today we did all the prep for wiring and we are ready to start tomorrow! The Programmers have localization dialed in.

Day #20 & 21 – 2/4/25 & 2/5/25

Special Thank you today goes out to the Director of College and Career Pathways Mr. Schuster. His support of our program and his work to bring not only more CAD resources but top of the line CNC tools into our shop show his dedication and support for our Robotics Program. We are still working hard to finish the final major elements of the robot and we expect to begin wiring the robot very soon!

Day #19 – 2/3/25

The team received the new carpet today, that will serve as the base of our field setup for practices in house. We also made exciting progress in our fabrication of parts for elements of the robot such as the elevator, intake and climb.

Day #18 – 1/31/25

Today the team received their Belly Pan and some other pieces back from the laser cutter. We practiced driving, and continued fabricating parts for our elevator.

Day #17 – 1/30/25

The team began securing and strengthening the climber. Our elevator team, continued building and manufacturing the gearbox. Our team began looking at constructing our bumpers.

Day #16 – 1/29/25

The team worked through the day to continue to advance in multiple areas. Our Impact award is beginning to come together. We added support to our elevator and worked to machine bearing inserts for our elevator.

Day #14/15 – 1/27/25 & 1/28/25

The team continues to fine tune elements on the robot. Things are becoming more permanent and we are beginning to finalize mechanism locations and work to strengthen and sure of components.

Day #13 – 1/23/25

Today marked significant progress with the robot. We were able to achieve our first successful “climb” of the deep cage. We also were able to mount the elevator and elevator power train on the robot as well as switch over the passive coral intake to a hinge system for end game advantage.

Day #12 – 1/22/25

The team advances their design for De-Algaefication and continues to work on the elevator. Design work continues in CAD for our coral manipulator and we work to perfect the angle on our passive coral collection methods.

Day #11 – 1/21/25

Our Deep Cage Prototype continues to develop with today marking the most significant progress. We also saw progress with our passive coral collection method. Our elevator gearbox from WCP was constructed.

The Best of the Bot – 10 Days In

Day #10 – 1/17/25

Today the team figured out exactly how each of the mechanisms will fit together onto the robot. We also enjoyed a visit and showcasing our project to our School’s Director of Technology.

Day #9 – 1/16/25

The team continued to work on their elevator system and construction of game pieces. The programming team continued to develop code working on our practice swerve bot. Our passive hopper collection method began to take shape on the robot. The team continued to make significant progress.

Day #8 – 1/15/25

The team came together to finalize designs for the robot. Bringing together elements from 3 different prototypes for coral manipulation will allow the team to maximize both pickup and delivery efficiency. The team also announced the voted on Dean’s List Members for the 2025 season as Daniel Cohen and James Tully!

Day #7 – 1/14/25

The team continued work on the field construction. The elevator frame is finished and the programmers and electronics team worked hard to wire/program banner sensors. The team also continued its work with limelight code for our AprilTag detection methods.

Day #6 – 1/13/25

Field construction continues to advance, the elevator, climber and coral manipulators continue to advance as well. The team is making great progress as we start off week 2!

Day #5 – 1/10/25

The team continues testing prototypes. We begin construction of the field and finish up our first week of the Build Season.

Day #4 – 1/9/25

Today we continued our prototyping as the ideas continue to flow. We also celebrated our support from the Navy! Today the frame came together for our swerve base and our elevator began to develop. The team made some real progress!

Day #3 – 1/8/25

It was a whirlwind day for the RoboLions. First spending the day competing, winning and volunteering at the Longwood High School Hack-a-thon. Then meeting with our sponsor the U.S. Navy. Finally starting to physically construct and test our prototypes for manipulation.

Day #2 – 1/7/25

Progress continues as Team 564 presents on design ideas, continues the strategy conversation and begins to look at what the prototyping process will entail.

Day #1 – 1/6/25

The team meets to discuss rules, strategy, techniques and methods for playing Reefscape. Team members began to look at this years plan for FRC Reefscape. We compiled our strategy, our plan for the season, as well as began to create CAD models of what our robot may look like.