Design Designed the mounts and cover for the electrical board. Marketing Finished the newsletter and media liaison essay, finalized their questions. Mechanical Attempted to cut out the piece for the shooter, due to size and problems with solid works it will have to be done at another time in two pieces. Electrical Finished mounting the […]
January Newsletter
This month the Evergreen School District Robotics Team has been working on preparing and competing for BunnyBot. BunnyBot is an annual competition the Evergreen Robotics Team attends at Catlin Gabel in Portland. This year the competition included picking up ping pong balls from the ground and depositing them into goals. Our team did great and […]
December Newsletter
November has been a very busy month for the Evergreen Robotics Team. We had a few of our new members go to Boeing and receive a tour throughout the building. Also, several of our alumni went to the Hewlett Packard Innovation Fair and showed off our robot. The Evergreen Robotics Team had a wreath fundraiser. […]
November Newsletter
November has been a very busy month for the Evergreen robotics team. We had a few of our new members go to Boeing and get a tour through the buildings. Also several of our alumni have gone to an Hulett Pakard fair and showed off our robot. The evergreen robotics team has had a wreath […]
October Newsletter
October has been a very eventful month for The Evergreen Robotics Team. We’ve gained many new members and participated in several events. A few of our members attended a business roundtable in Hillsboro that introduced business techniques including public relations and public speaking. The team also participated in Girls’ Generation, where our teams’ girls partnered with Team […]
Week Three Day Five
Mechanical Had nothing to do so we re-arranged and cleaned the mechanical area. Also put the electrical board on the robot and got more drawings of the brackets. Electrical Finished the test board and started to help mechanical with what they were doing. CAD Made more parts for the robot and printed other pieces for […]
Week Three Day Four
Mechanical Finished the drive system and put the battery box in place for the robot. Also cut out the pieces for the shooter. Strategy Decided the report was ready and that the survey will almost completely automate itself. Electrical Got the electrical board ready for the drive system. CAD Did more CAD stuff and got […]
Week Three Day Three
Mechanical Worked on drilling and threading holes on the robot for mounting peices later. Strategy Reviewed our newest method of taking a survey at competition. Electrical Worked on the electrical board and the communication between it and the rest of the robot. CAD Creating mounts in CAD for mechanical. Marketing Worked on this months newsletter […]
2013 Kickoff in The Columbian
For about 700 robot enthusiasts, Saturday’s 7:30 a.m. unveiling was a little bit like Christmas morning … with a dose of dread. The session at Evergreen High School was part of unwrapping an annual robotics challenge. It started when this year’s competition was revealed in an international simulcast. “I’ve been waiting for this since last […]
DaHoppa in The Columbian
Evergreen High School’s robotics team The Green Wrenches made the semi-finals during the Dec. 15 BunnyBot Competition at Catlin Gabel School in Portland. Evergreen’s FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Team 2517 built a robot to pick up ping-pong balls and deposit them in a square goal. Read more…