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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


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!!!


For the past sixteen days the team has been working on designing, prototyping and developing ideas on how we want our robot to operate. After watching the kickoff video as a team we broke into three separate groups with the goal of figuring out what the best ways to score […]

The season begins!



The iRaiders team was on the edge of their seats January 5th as they awaited the game details for Destination: Deep Space. The kick-off marks the beginning of the build and design season for the 2019 robotics team. The kickoff sets the scene for the game, as well as giving […]

Ready… Set… BUILD!






The iRaiders are hosting their seventh Raiders Rumble! We are excited to host this event on Saturday December 8th from 8:30 am until 4:00 pm. For those that don’t know, the Raiders Rumble is a First Lego League robotics competition for elementary and middle school aged children. The Raiders Rumble […]

Raiders Rumble is Fast Approaching!


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!



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


Over the past couple of weeks the iRaiders have been making great progress on this years POWER UP challenge. Our claw design robot has been fully assembled and has the ability to complete almost every task in the game. This year the team used redesigned bumpers that allow us to […]

iRaiders Mid-Season Update!