Team 78 (AIR Strike) invited us to Kickoff on January 3rd!
After we presented our notes on each section of the rules, AIR Strike mentors explained all the different components given.
Discussing the robot chassis at an after school meeting
Mr. G's got the power of triangles
Zacharie, Director of Design, and Brendan, President, researching on the computers with fellow teammate inputting his thoughts.
Mr. Gongoleski is fascinated with anything triangular, obviously.
Eat. Sleep. FRC. Repeat.
Kickoff!
From working on the website with advice from a mentor to drafting and debating ideas on the board, everyone on the team has something to do during an after school meeting.
Ben, Director of Media and Public Relations.
Jenn & Steph, our new Co-Directors of Outreach!
We ordered five pizzas, and this was taken less than 5 minutes after the boxes were opened. Note how many empty boxes there are...
Zacharie, Director of Design
Brendan, President.
Travis, Director of Competition.
Who said mentors were supposed to be serious? Mr. Coffey getting attacked by Mr. Gongoleski!
If you read our blog, you would know that on March 3rd, we had freshmen visit the PLTW: Pathway of Engineering, which is what most of our team members are in. These 3 fellas, and many more not photographed, helped explain how taking engineering courses have helped with their FRC experience, while also encouraging them to sign up for the team next year!
Is build season already over?
Who has time for sleep during competition season? Joe obviously doesn't!
Part of our electronics team with two of our amazing mentors, trying to make the wifi work with one of Ponaganset's most experienced IT members during one of our meetings.
Emillie and Zach (our Director of Design), our two pneumatic geniuses, working with a freshman on our team.
Chris and Cameron drilling the holes so we can attach the pistons to our robot.
All hands were on deck during the final days!
Randy Peckham, a father of one of our mentors and one of our current team members, teaching the team. Thank you for donating your time!
Counting down the minutes until our 3D printer is finished making necessary items for the robot!
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Brendan Doyle, president, breaking the seal!
The suspense was too much to handle! Making sure that the robot wasn't breaking the height limit.
Höðr picking up coopertition totes.
Kyle Corry, Brendan Doyle, Jarred Bodzioney, and Derrick Foster (right to left) trying to figure out one of the problems that arose during one of our matches. Don't worry - we fixed it!
Talk about the face of determination...
Taken at the UMass Dartmouth event!
Can you figure out how many different jobs are being taken care of in this picture? If that's too easy... Can you figure out how many buttons are in this picture?
From vacuuming to filling out paperwork to teaching others how to fix certain things, there's a job for everyone on the team.
Brad, a current team mentor who is now attending WPI
How many people can fit around a robot?
Kayleigh, a junior on the team, doing some in-depth research on our current sponsors.
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Using our last 3 hours of work on the robot... Jealous of our cool sponsor stickers and want your company's name on there? Check out the "Sponsor" or "How to Help" page!
Queuing for one of our matches featuring Jarred, part of our drive team, in mid-word.
Scott Fang, a junior, advertising our addicting app for Google Play... If you haven't played Gongolierium yet, check out our games page!
Although this picture is deceiving, we did manage to pick up a six stack at the UMass Dartmouth event!
Our mentors talking to the drive team & discussing how the last match went!
If you see the hawaiian shirt in the corner of the arena, you would know that it's Dave Price introducing this match's blue alliance!
FRC's #1 bromance <3
Scott Fang, Cory Dextraze, and Michael St. Angelo (from left to right) sporting buttons and their favorite accessory... Obviously the safety glasses!
