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I’m Back from St. Louis!

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Darren VanBuren

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

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Darren VanBuren

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

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Darren VanBuren

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

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Darren VanBuren

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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Home, home again

Posted on March 8, 2010 by Darren VanBuren

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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Final Qualification Matches, Beginning Elimination

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Darren VanBuren

Today, the qualification matches at the Autodesk Portland Regional finished up, with us performing much better. We ended up in 34th seed. When the top 8 seeded teams were choosing, we were lucky enough to be chosen by Team 8, … Continue reading →

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Things aren’t going too well.

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Darren VanBuren

Here at the competition, because of certain pieces not coming together correctly,  and our head programmer makes some very bad decisions. He blows off time that could be used. We’ve had so many issues, that we thought all the problems … Continue reading →

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Hello from Portland

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Darren VanBuren

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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