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Team 2813/Gear Heads is a FIRST robotics team located at Prospect High School in Saratoga, CA, USA.
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2012 FIRST Robotics Competition - Rebound Rumble!
Uploaded by Jennifer Huang
This year's game has been released! Check out the game animation!
Summary of the game from the FRC Website:
"The Rebound RumbleSM robotics game is played between two Alliances of three teams each. Each Alliance competes by trying to score as many of the basketballs in the hoops as possible during the 2-minute and 15-second match. Balls scored in higher hoops score Alliances more points. Alliances are awarded bonus points if they are balanced on bridges at the end of the match. In matches where opponent Alliances work together to balance on the white bridge, all participating teams earn additional valuable seeding points."
Good luck and have fun everyone!
CalGames and MadTown Throwdown
Uploaded by Jennifer Huang
The Gear Heads went to Calgames on November 11-12, 2011 and Madtown Throwdown on November 18-19! Check the Photo Gallery for pictures!
At Calgames, the Gear Heads were Finalists with Team 252 (Cheesy Poofs #2) and Team 1323 (MadTown Robotics)! Great job everyone!
Stanford Robot Block Party
Uploaded by Jennifer Huang
On Thursday, March 14, 2011 the Gear Heads attended the Stanford Robot Block Party!
In honor of National Robotics Week, Stanford "showcased cutting edge robotics technology from throughout the Bay Area" and the Gear Heads held a demonstration of the team's robot!
The Robot Block Party entrance sign was billowing in the wind.
The team's robot received a warm reception from the public! Mack is hard at work explaining about FIRST and the features of the robot.
We stuck an empty light bulb box in the robot's claw and demonstrated its 180 degree arm mobility to the public.
For more photos and captions check out the 2011 Stanford Robot Block Party in the Photo Gallery.
2011 Silicon Valley Regional at San Jose State University Event Center
Uploaded by Jennifer Huang
The Gear Heads had a great time at Silicon Valley Regional from March 31 to April 2, 2011!
The Gear Heads showed constant improvement in every match. In the first few matches we were testing out the new robot code for the first time and the driver and operator were testing out the functionality of the robot. By the last match we participated in, the Gear Heads managed to peg a tube! Great job everyone! Here is a quick summary of the matches:
Match 1 - no robot code was found (bad build/code)
Match 12 - no robot communication (bad router wiring)
Match ... - working on controlling robot and testing new robot code (autonomous, potentiometers, line sensors, arm, claw and wrist control)
Match 77 - almost managed to peg a tube during teleop
Match 88 - PEGGED A TUBE ON THE LOWEST LEVEL DURING TELEOP (YEAH! We won that match 19-18 because the opponent's minibot deployment had a violation.)
Da-da-dum! Welcome to the 2011 Silicon Valley Regional of Logomotion!
The wonderful judges are introduced in the opening ceremony.
This is an overview of the pits where the teams were worked on their robot and prepared for the matches. There were a total of 56 teams which participated in the Regional this year! Can you see where the Gear Heads are?
(back row, from left to right) Krishnan, Mr. Srinivasan, Will, Paul, Daniel
(front row, from left to right)Cody, Mack, Mr. Riccardi, Jennifer, Nicole
The hard working Gear Heads take a few minutes to pose for the cameras.
For more photos and captions check out the 2011 Silicon Valley Regional in the Photo Gallery.
The 2011 Build Season (Warning, it's image heavy!)
Uploaded by Jennifer Huang
Updated with testing at NASA and Day 45 photos.
The FIRST Robotics Competition robot shipment date is almost here! Shipping day is on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. Here is an overview of what we have done these last few weeks.
Day 2
(From left to right) Krishnan, Tim, Jennifer and Daniel building the chassis of the robot. Finding out how to connect the corners properly was a bit of a challenge. Omni-wheels are still waiting to be mounted!
Day 7
(From left to right) Jennifer, Will, Daniel, Tim, Krishnan, and Mack admiring the conceptual arm.
(From left to right) Mack, Tim, and Jennifer celebrating the mounting of the conceptual arm on the robot. Next up, the real arm!
Day 8
Some of the basic electronics have been mounted! The board has been beautifully spay painted blue by Jennifer and Nicole.
Day 17
(From left to right) Jennifer, Mack, Keaton, Will, Daniel, and Cody taking a break to smile for the camera. The robot can now move around!
Here is a better view of the robot. Eventually we will make an arm to be pick up that red tube and place it on scoring pegs!
Day 21
(From left to right) Mack is working on the steel arm while Krishnan, Mr. Srinivasan, Jennifer and Chaitanya are programming the latest code for the robot in LabVIEW.
Day 28
(From left to right) Paul and Tim tinkering with the parts for the minibot. The minibot needs to be able to be able to climb up a pole as fast as possible by itself.
Day 36
(From left to right) Tim and Chris wrapping the foam noodles with to create the red bumpers for the robot. Each team needs a set of blue bumpers and set of red bumpers for the two alliances during competition, red and blue.
(From left to right) Tim and Paul approving of the sleekness of their bumpers on the robot. Amazing job guys! The robot here is in its final stages. The arm and wrist of the arm is now able to move. The claw is coming! Right now it is still at the metal shop.
Day 37
(From left to right) Jennifer and Krishnan working on the encoder for the arm. The encoder will eventually allow us to tell the position of the arm and program specific heights. In other words, less work for the person operating the arm!
Day 43 (testing at NASA)
(From left to right)
Mack, Krishnan, Mr. Srinivasan, Nicole, Jennifer, Daniel, Will
Team 2813 went to the NASA Ames Pre-Ship Practice Weekend & Scrimmage on Sunday, February 20th, graciously hosted by Team 254, Team 1868, and the NASA Robotics Alliance Project.
(From left to right) Jennifer, Mack, Krishnan, and Nicole
After driving the robot and moving the arm, we altered the robot code and made it easier for the driver and operator to control the robot movement. It was extremely helpful that we had a field to test the robot.
(From left to right around robot) Daniel, Will, and Mack make adjustments to the robot arm.
Mark Leon, Director of Robotics at NASA and his bird were saying hi to everyone. Thanks for having us at NASA!
Day 45
(Back row, left to right)
Mack, Paul, Will, Krishnan, Jennifer, Cody, Daniel
(Front row, left to right) Mr. Srinivasan, Tim, Mr. Riccardi
Today is the last day we can work on the robot before we "bag and tag" the robot! After we bag it, we will not be able to work on the robot until the day of the competition.
(From left to right) Tim, Paul, Cody, Jennifer, Will, Krishnan, Mack, Daniel, Mr. Srinivasan
In the previous years of the FIRST Robotics Competition, teams made crates to hold and to ship the robot. This year we are using a giant plastic bag and tie wraps. We bring the bagged robot to competitions instead of using FedEx to ship/mail the robot.
Our last glimpse at the robot before it was sent off to San Jose State University for the Bag and Tag Event.
See you at the Silicon Valley Regional competition on April 1st!
Questions or comments about anything? Please refer to the Contact Us link at the top of the page.
Team 2813 Build Calendar for 2011
Uploaded by Jennifer Huang, Original Post by Rick Riccardi
The clock is ticking toward the FRC Ship date. Attached is a sketch calendar of the stuff we've got to do before. It's not cast in stone, but open for discussion to help plan when to do what. Take a look and see what thoughts you have on these.
2011 Build Calendar
