Daniel Polcari

At the Southern New England Championship at Walsh Middle School the iRaiders VEX team “C” became Tournament Champions and will go to World the Championship in Kentucky! Four middle schools seventh graders met every Wednesday for two hours in the lab at Melrose High School to build a robot that […]

VEX iRaiders “C” Team Goes to Worlds

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As the end of the build season approached, the length of the meetings and the intensity increased, demanding a lot of hard work from our students. The students worked on integrating the subsystems they had worked on during the build season. The hatch intake and ball intake were combined and […]

Post Build Season Update

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The past week has seen us make strides in our progress on the robot. For our software team the main focus was to ensure that we had a smoothly running driving code by fixing all newly discovered bugs. We also began testing on the laser rangefinders, encoders, and the ultrasonic […]

Week 4 Update!!!

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We want to extend a special thanks to everyone who came to the Melrose Kitchen Tour 2018! We started off with bang having a  massive turnout. We enjoyed having so much traffic in these wonderful kitchens. The food provided by local restaurants and our generous homeowners was delicious. We are […]

Thanks for a Great Kitchen Tour!

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Here is some general information on the upcoming 2018-2019 season. During the Pre-Season we meet on Mondays and Thursdays from 6-8. Once the season has begun the meeting change from twice a week to six days a week. We will meet Monday – Friday from 6-8 and then Saturday from […]

Details on Upcoming Season

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It is our pleasure to announce that our Pre-Season has begun. We are training many wonderful new members and preparing for our upcoming season. One of the main focuses of our team is to always train the next generation of our peers in the same way we were. Our seniors […]

Pre-Season 2018 Training has Begun!

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We are pleased to invite you to attend the Melrose Kitchen Tour 2018 on November 4th from 1-5 pm. Join the iRaiders in viewing some of the most beautifully renovated kitchens in the entire city of Melrose. To attend this fundraiser you can buy a ticket from any member of […]

Melrose Kitchen Tour 2018

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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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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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