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JR Robotics January Edition

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A record setting 22 budding engineers showed up for Jr Robotics at the Scalawags’ shop this morning. After watching the kick off video, they brainstormed ways to play the game. As soon as the creative juices were flowing, the young pirates sketched out ideas and built models of their design out of LEGOs.

The inspiration is strong with this group!

When all ideas had been admired and explained, the Jr Robot crew walked down the hall to Team 1359’s shop and got an update on what the Scalawags have planned. Although they were not able to see any of our prototypes in action, the Jrs were excited to see that the competition robot will incorporate some of the same ideas as their LEGO models! Great minds think alike!

Build Season – Part 1

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The Scalawags have been hard at work in the shop since we watched the Kick Off video and received our kit of parts in Early January. At the end of our second week, we are well on our way! The fabricators started welding the frame today. Subsystems to handle the power cells, and shoot them at the target are in the final stages of prototyping. Programmers are using their test board to check their work, and the art team has already created an awesome replica of First City. All in all, we’ve been a very busy band of pirates.

Buttons will be made!
Nathan is filing edges to keep fingers from getting sliced.
The art team is making some awesome mascot costumes!
Showing new mentors the pirate way!
Finishing up the test board for programmers.
Testing the lift mechanism.
Kelli getting it done.
When the Art Team gets to spray paint on Day 2… it’s going to be a great year!
Programming is exhausting…

(If you missed the kick off video, you can see what obstacles we have to overcome here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmiYWTmFRVE)

Jr Robotics – January Meeting

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Scalawags are pleased to announce the next meeting of our Jr Robotics crew. On Saturday, January 18, we invite students in grades 4-8 to join us from 9:30 – 11. We will be learning about the Scalawags’ 2020 challenge, coming up with our own solutions, and then visiting Team 1359 in their shop down the hall to see what solutions they have come up with.

We can be found in the 700s hall of Lebanon High School, room 724. This is the building at the back of campus, on 7th Street. Look for pirate flags in the parking lot!

Infinite Recharge

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Kick Off for 2020!

The team traveled to OSU bright and early this morning to learn about this year’s challenge. We are super excited about building a new robot to take on new tasks. If you haven’t watched the video yet, take a look and see what we’re up against: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmiYWTmFRVE&disable_polymer=true

After only half a day of brainstorming, some pirates have already broken off to prototype parts of the robot. Others are working on frame, and even thinking about the programming needs. The art team, of course, has already come up with incredible ideas for weaving the Infinite Recharge theme into our pit, costuming, and spirit work!

Arrrgh! We’ll stop in with pictures and more updates as we have them!