2018 Build Season
Kickoff
The 2018 season of Castilleja Gatorbotics has officially begun! Marked by the annual Kickoff Celebration on January 6th, the Gatorbotics team and their parents celebrated the start of their new season. The event started with a information session describing the expectations for the season (12 hours in the Bourne Lab per week!) and the presentation of the official FIRST Robotics Competition video. This year, the competition theme is similar to a video game, where the team will have 6 weeks to build a robot. Students went on to work in the lab, while parents stayed behind to talk about support the team - it really takes a village to build this robot, as “they” say! Bring on a new season!
Prototypes
The Gatorbotics build team has been working on prototypes for their machine in order to maximize the effectiveness of the robot. They’ve been working on the elevator and the intake to figure out how to most efficiently and accurately complete the challenges. For the elevator, they’ve tried two different models, called the cascade and continuous elevators, to see which one would be easier to build and more accurate. As well as that, they’ve also worked out different ways to place the wheels on the intake so that they can get the best possible grip on the wheels.
