The opening of documents
Now that the FRC season has end for us, we are going to start opening up select documents from our build season. The first of which is the source code from our robot. https://github.com/nerdherd/frc-2012 In our code, we incorporated the … Continue reading
A Look at the future
Today after the selection process, we started looking to what we are going to be doing in our off-season. We are thinking of redesigning the robot. Our head mentor, Luck Ted, wants to keep the same basic design with the … Continue reading
Last day of competition
Today is our last day of the central valley competition. We have taken the shooter off of the robot ago that we won’t be top have and will be able to go on the bridge in a triple balance with … Continue reading
Madera first day of competition
We are queued for the third match of the day. We are election much better results than at Los angles regional. This time we have already worked through many of the mechanical issues. Additionally we have given the programming team … Continue reading
The first day after competition, 3-19-2012
Today we are reflecting on the results from this weekend. There were a lot of issues that we still have to work out with the robot. While at competition, we discovered that there were mechanical issues with our drive system. We found … Continue reading
LA Regional – Day Three
Today is going to be a day for the history books; however this won’t be written by the victors. Today we are in somewhat of a jam. Yesterday, the left side of the drive suffered a mechanical breakdown. The mechanical … Continue reading
Lucky Ted
The NerdHerd surprises their advisor, Mr. Harder, with a c/o 2012 jacket, personalized with his nickname, ‘Lucky Ted.’
LA Regional – Day Two
We are currently on the bus on the way to the Long Beach Arena for the second day of the LA Regional Competition. Yesterday, the mechanical team spent the whole day working on the robot, assembling all remaining parts. The … Continue reading
LA Regional – Day One – Three Hours Into the Competition
We are three hours into the day. The first side of the five is complete. The pneumatic system has been mounted and the electrical team is starting to mount all the remaining electrical components onto the robot, and wiring has … Continue reading
LA Regional – Day One
We are standing outside, waiting for the doors of the arena to open. There is still a lot we have to get working, but hopefully all goes well. Good luck, NerdHerd!
