Volunteered as a judge at the Contra Costa district event this weekend—really enjoyed speaking with teams about the technical aspects of their robots.
Proud of our team for making it to the playoffs as the 7th alliance captain!
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My moustache is outta control 😂. Drive practice took a turn that will have the hardware team busy next practice session.
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Yesterday evening, the team worked on autonomous development at the Davis facility, targeting two scoring cycles within the allotted time. 🤖🦾⚙️ #FRCTeam5458 #mentoring
Highlights from the shop this past weekend
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A few weeks before our first competition, the drive and dev teams rolled down to the Davis facility for drive practice and autonomous development. 🤖🦾⚙️ #FRCTeam5458 #mentoring
Week 1 of competition season. The dev team started using interpolating tree maps to improve scoring functionality.
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Comp Week Zero kicked off at the Citrus Circuits Invitational! Our drive team put this year’s robot, Occipital Lobe, through its paces and got some awesome reps on the field.
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We kicked off Week 6 of build season with major progress. The mechanical team finalized enough of the robot for the dev team to set motor IDs, configure the drivetrain, and begin testing the fuel-scoring subsystems. 🤖 🦾 ⚙️
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Week 4 of build season. The dev team worked through challenges with AprilTag groups for the auto-rotation command and kicked off setup of the Elastic dashboard, while the mechanical team continued robot assembly.
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The dev team testing out getting over the bump. 🤖 🦾 ⚙️
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Dean Bunn
Week 3 of build season. The mech team continued manufacturing and assembling competition robot parts, while the dev team began learning command-based programming and planning the necessary Xbox controller commands.
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The dev team demoed version 1 of the AprilTag alignment command. 🤖🦾⚙️ #FRCTeam5458 #mentoring
Week 2 of build season focused on building field game pieces, assembling drivetrain modules, testing prototypes, and refining CAD projects.
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Yesterday in the shop, the programming team worked with Vehophobia, focusing on code review and drive practice. 🤖 🦾
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Earlier this week, the mechanical team completed the swerve drive assembly for the development robot, nicknamed Vehophobia. Meanwhile, the programming team worked on configuring the modules and setting up the basic project folder and repository. 🤖🦾⚙️ #FRCTeam5458 #mentoring
Safety glasses and I voted sticker
Off-season evening in the shop. Rocked the vote beforehand. The programming team worked on LimeLight vision, while the hardware team focused on machine training and swerve drive assembly. 🤖 🦾
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Day 2 of Capital City Classic. After months of watching the dev team work on the floor intake, I enjoyed seeing it successfully operate during a match. We didn't make the playoffs but learned a lot for next season. 🤖🦾🪸
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Donated some Bunnoline at the Capital City Classic and got some swag for our robot 🤖🦾🩸
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Day 1 of the Capital City Classic. System check before a match 🤖🦾🪸
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One week before the Capital City Classic. The dev team spent the morning working on autos. 🤖🦾🪸
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The dev team spent the morning at the Davis shop working on autos 🤖🦾🪸
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Busy evening in the shop last night. Mechanical team continued work on swerve drive assembly. Code reviews and operator training for the programming team. 🤖🦾🪸
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Tuesday night in the shop. Dev team training new operator. 🤖🦾🪸
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Saturday shop session. The mechanical team decommissioned Amygdala. The Dev team continued drive practice and a surprised drive station disaster recovery scenario drill. 🤖 🦾 🪸 #FRCTeam5458 #mentoring
The dev team finished up algae functions and moved onto coral placement for new operators 🤖🦾🪸 #FRCTeam5458 #mentoring
Robotics mentor
Robotics team
Double mentoring sessions today. During lunch, the team presented at a Lions Club. Then this evening a testing session on the Davis field. #FRCTeam5458 #mentoring
Saturday morning in the shop. Dev team working on ways to consistently toss algae the required barge height. Intake is key. 🤖🦾 #FRCTeam5458 #mentoring
Saturday morning in the shop. Junior devs have been challenged to fix an issue with the auto alignment code that causes the robot to go into a waltz box step 😄 #FRCTeam5458 #mentoring
