This beautiful piece of precision engineering is “Illusion”, the 2018 robot from famed team 118, the Robonauts, from Clear Creek Independent...
A couple of weeks ago, the robotics team I help mentor finished the 2018 competition season at the Texas UIL State Robotics Championship in Austin. They...
Technically, this isn’t my photo since I’m in it and the shutter was pressed by Jennifer Navarrete, the FRC media relations person, who took...
A robot drive team seen through the perspex panel that separates humans from the robots at the FIRST Robotics Competition, Alamo Regional, St. Mary’s...
Continuing the theme of cool headgear at the FIRST Robotics Competition Alamo Regional, David, the Field Supervisor, was sporting not only the obligatory...
Bunny ears, graciously handed out by Team 4063 “TriKzR4Kidz” from Del Rio, Texas, were everywhere at the FIRST Robotics Competition, Alamo...
The stands at the FRC Alamo Regional in San Antonio, Texas were a fun place to be as team members led cheers, conga lines and dances egged on by a DJ playing...
A member of FRC team 3035 “Droid Rage” from Corpus Christi, Texas, sporting their signature top hat at the Alamo Regional in San Antonio, April...
I spent a fair bit of the weekend hanging out next to Luis, one of the robot inspectors at the FRC Alamo Regional. He had put colored duct tape to good...
What a weekend! The missing posts last week were due to the fact that I was down in San Antonio with our high school robotics team taking part in the FIRST...
FRC regional competitions are major events and typically take place in sporting venues. This is the UIC Pavilion in Chicago which hosted the 2011 Midwest...
Drivers from the 3-team Blue Alliance control a “Logomotion” game at UIC Pavilion in Chicago during the FIRST Robotics Competition Midwest...
Members of FRC team 2194, “Fondy Fire” from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, getting in the spirit of the competition during the 2011 season at the Chicago...
Here’s an image from the 2011 FIRST Robotics Competition Midwest Regional in Chicago that gives an idea of what a typical match looks like. Two alliances,...
One of the other hats I wear is as a (junior) mentor to Dripping Springs High School robotics team, “The Spring Konstant” (FRC 6357). We’re...
