Yearly Archives: 2017

Our first FRC competition was on March 18th-19th at Reading High School March 18th: On March 18th is the beginning of qualification rounds. March 19th: This is the last day of competition, this is when the winners are decided. The winning teams were 5556 (Carriage Town Robotics), 4761 (Robockets) and 1071 (Team […]

Reading Competition: Team Spirit Award

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On Saturday February 11 the iRaiders brought the robot to Quincy and got to practice on a realistic playing field. We were graciously hosted by Quincy Hyper Team #69. They invited multiple teams from Massachusetts to come and practice. They allowed us to use their field to practice challenges that we will need […]

Practice Session in Quincy

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Climber Group: They installed a new method for controlling the rope on the spool and tested it on the climber. It worked fairly well, but in the end bent. Tomorrow, they will be moving towards stronger brackets and supports. Gear Group: They secured down some of the parts of the […]

Week 5 Update

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First Robotics   “Steamworks” invites two opposing teams with alliances of three to prepare their steamships for a long distance race. Preparing for flight can be done in three ways. Firstly teams can take flight by building steam pressure. Robots collect fuel which is represented by 5 inch diameter green […]

First Robotics Competition 2017 Game “SteamWorks”

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Week 3 has been great. We here at iRaiders would like to inform you about the progress that we have achieved this year so far. We have completed many crucial parts for the robot. We have been working on setting up and building the circuitry and electronics for the robot […]

Week 3 Update

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The​ ​iRaider’s​ ​2016​ ​Robotics​ ​season​ ​kicked​ ​off​ ​with​ ​a​ ​bang​ ​January​ ​4th​ ​with​ ​the​ ​announcement  of​ ​this​ ​year’s​ ​challenge:​ ​​Steamworks​.​ ​In​ ​this​ ​game,​ ​teams​ ​must​ ​design,​ ​program,​ ​and​ ​build  robots​ ​that​ ​are​ ​able​ ​to​ ​lift​ ​gears,​ ​shoot​ ​balls,​ ​and​ ​climb​ ​a​ ​rope,​ ​all​ ​fitting​ ​in​ ​the​ ​theme​ ​of​ ​preparing  an​ […]

iRaiders​ ​Gear​ ​Up​ ​For​ ​A​ ​New​ ​Season

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