Category Archives: robotics

I’m Back from St. Louis!

Yes indeed I am back in my native land of Seattle. I’m almost to my house now. In case you didn’t know, I went to St. Louis for the FIRST world championships. It was great. Unfortunately I left before everything … Continue reading

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Google Authenticator and a finished robot

Last Tuesday, we got our robot shipped, or rather, put in a big clear plastic bag with big red zip tie on it. Although we shipped overweight, and missing a few components, this is better than last year on completeness … Continue reading

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Robots and their construction

As you probably know, I’m in my high school’s robotics club. We participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC), a competition sponsored by FIRST, For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, which also holds lower level competitions. The “Build … Continue reading

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Maple Valley Days 2010

Today, Maple Valley Days in 2010 wrapped up. Bear Metal, also known as The Tahoma Robotics Club, had the opportunity to participate in the parade for another year, as well as have a booth again. This year, we brought all … Continue reading

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Altana

Altana, a misspelling of the city Atlanta, where the FIRST world championship is held, is a running gag in our club. Originally, Fred, our current Vice President wrote on our website in 2008 “Were going to Altana!” This year, at … Continue reading

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Again with the mill type thing

Yesterday, Sunday, I got the opportunity to cut out some parts on our nice new mill we got last week. It’s fast. So far, we’ve been running the mill with just spraying with WD-40 as a coolant, but once we … Continue reading

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