The CocoNuts Robotics "News Feed" » Build Season http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed The News and Happenings of the CocoNuts Robotics Team Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:51:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Day 1!! http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2012/01/07/day-1/ http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2012/01/07/day-1/#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:38:36 +0000 admin http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/?p=90 Well it appears that the 2012 FRC season is upon us! After getting up early this morning to watch the Kick-Off Live Stream which is viewed simultaneously by FIRST Teams all over the world, we have began our work on our robot. This years game, “Rebound Rumble” should be reallllllly interesting. Personally, I am really excited about the Xbox kinect that was included in the kit. I just wish we had mini-bots again this year. Oh well, it should be a blast! Go Luck!

Go Nuts!

42 Days Until Ship!

]]> http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2012/01/07/day-1/feed/ 1 Super long day… http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/02/12/super-long-day/ http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/02/12/super-long-day/#comments Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:31:11 +0000 burlymon http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/?p=65 When everything seems funny and you can’t stop laughing, you know it’s been a long day. We started off right after school frantically trying to finish wiring our bot so that we could drive our robot in our last school basketball game.   We did it though!

-burlymon

]]> http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/02/12/super-long-day/feed/ 0 Even less time than expected! http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/02/02/even-less-time-than-expected/ http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/02/02/even-less-time-than-expected/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:12:14 +0000 burlymon http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/?p=59 As we have decided as a team that we would like to attend the Duel in the Desert, we now have one less week to finish our  robot!  We agreed that it is probably a smart idea to go to this scimmage because we will only be attending the AZ Regional, and we want to have as much practice playing Breakaway as we can.  We are going to have to devide and conquer in order to get the bot built and the CA application finished, but we will manage! ;)

-burlymon

]]> http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/02/02/even-less-time-than-expected/feed/ 0 And Ship Date Approaches… http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/29/and-ship-date-approaches/ http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/29/and-ship-date-approaches/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:05:25 +0000 burlymon http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/?p=56 Here we are, another weekend ahead of us and probably three days of 10+ hour build sessions.

The snow has let up enough that we were finally able to get our much needed bearings shipped up from Phoenix in the middle of the week, and our pistons for our kicker just came in today.  We have outlined all that we need to include in our Chairman’s Award essay, and decided on theme for our CA stuff this year.  Our robot chassis is beginning to take shape, and we are all feeling better about things because of it.  I wonder how far the Falcons (842) are in in their build, their prototyping proved helpful to us, and we did a bit of prototyping of our own.  Oh! And I came up with a new possible cheer for our team for this season.  Ready?!  “They ain’t no klutzes, they ain’t no schmutzes, O! Godness Gracious Me!  They’re the CocoNutzes!!!” Yeah, I guess it probably needs some work.

Hopefully, we get a bunch done this weekend! :)

-burlymon

GO NUTS!

]]> http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/29/and-ship-date-approaches/feed/ 1 Out for a Week and Finally Back http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/23/out-for-a-week-and-finally-back/ http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/23/out-for-a-week-and-finally-back/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:58:06 +0000 admin http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/?p=52 Due to a week long snowstorm that brought the town of Flagstaff four feet of snow, school was canceled for an entire week. This meant that we were unable to do anything build-wise during the entire week. We were able to, on one day, coordinate a team chat on our new chat.fusd1robotics.org chat-room to (attempt to) discuss our Chairman’s Award submission. Finally, on Saturday, with the snow subsiding, the CocoNuts were able to hold their first build session of week of build season.

On a happier note, these snow days gave the webmaster time to revamp the website (until his internet was conked out) so check out the brand new Northern Arizona FLL Website, the redesigned Arizona FTC Website, and the CocoNuts’ new homepage.

]]> http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/23/out-for-a-week-and-finally-back/feed/ 0 Follow us on Twitter and Facebook! http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/11/follow-us-on-twitter-and-facebook/ http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/11/follow-us-on-twitter-and-facebook/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 17:44:04 +0000 admin http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/?p=34 The CocoNuts would like to unveil their newest methods for you to track their progress in the year of 2010. Follow us on Twitter by following us at twitter.com/cocorobo, or fan us on Facebook at the CocoNuts page. Just make sure to continue visiting this blog, as this will contine to have more thorough descriptions of what we’re doing.

]]> http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/11/follow-us-on-twitter-and-facebook/feed/ 0 Build Season Has BEGUN! http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/10/build-season-has-begun/ http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/2010/01/10/build-season-has-begun/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:50:14 +0000 admin http://blog.fusd1robotics.org/newsfeed/?p=28 After weeks of anxious waiting, the 2010 FIRST Robotics Competition game, “Breakaway”, was unveiled to the CocoNuts at the Arizona FRC Kickoff event at Brophy Preparatory Academy in Phoenix. Upon the end of two tedious hours of speeches, the CocoNuts rushed to get their FRC Kit of Parts and to begin their drive back to Flagstaff. Excluding the “who’s going to the rest area” misunderstanding on the way back up, everything went fine.

Upon the CocoNuts’ return, they inventoried all their parts, and found all of them in the right quantities and sizes, but with a few exceptions of course (*cough* e-ring *cough*). It was strange for the CocoNuts to use their very first room dedicated to robotics to inventory the Kit.

In all, Kickoff was a blast for all the CocoNuts, and soon they will all (rookie and veteran), experience the nail-biting, hair-pulling fun (or anger) that the FRC build season brings.

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