We decided to try something we have talked about for the past couple years: reversible bumpers! Thanks to some great video tutorials online, we think these will turn out well. These should be more efficient to create, while also saving …
Chicken Vision
While the mechanical team has moved into heavy fabrication of parts, electrical work continues. Meanwhile, the programming team has some great vision code ready for the robot, and everyone! Lead programmer has packaged and published the #ChickenVision code to the …
SolidWorks CAD and Vision Prototyping
SolidWorks Education is an excellent sponsor for FIRST teams and provides Screaming Chickens with software licenses each year. Today the mechanical team is touching up the SolidWorks CAD. The programming team has been vision prototyping with the 2018 POWER UP game …
2019 Season is Here!
We gathered for FIRST Robotics Competition kickoff today and began our initial brainstorming session. Some great ideas are in store for this season. Watch the video for this season’s game on Youtube. This year’s hashtag is #DestinationDeepSpace … Remember to …
Thank you Marathon Petroleum Corporation
We are excited to announce that we have received a STEM grant from Marathon Petroleum Corporation this year — funding our participation in the 2019 FIRST Robotics Competition this season! We are very thankful to have them as our new …
Thank you re:3D
We have been lucky to have re:3D as a generous sponsor over the past few years. They have provided Screaming Chickens with 3D printing filament, large format parts, polycarbonate sheets, and even tours of their facility. re:3D is a leading …
Thank you Texas Workforce Commission
We received a wonderful email this week from First in Texas – We are fortunate enough to have received the Texas Workforce Commission Veteran Team Grant for the 2019 FRC Season! Several of the students are preparing a video to …
Updates 09/20/2018
Students continue to work on the shooter prototype. Today we CNC’d Izaak’s design and assembled it. We have registered to attend the Alamo District event in Week 2 of competitions, but we are still trying to raise the $5000 needed to …