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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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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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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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Home, home again

I’m back home again, after a slightly disappointing Autodesk Oregon Regional. There were some Super Bowl XL like calls, but we did fairly well nonetheless. We lost in the semi-finals to the eventual winning alliance. We are working on making … Continue reading

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Hello from Portland

I’m in my bed at my hotel, in Portland. Tomorrow starts the practice day for the Autodesk Oregon FRC Regional. We have some work to do on our robot, but we hope to be in practice matches by 13:00 (1:00pm). … Continue reading

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Day of Trip

I’m waiting for the school announcements to end, or mention the competition I’m going to. Oh look, they didn’t mention it. I’m still excited for the competition. We got a loaner trailer for our stuff, while our own trailer is … Continue reading

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