Our robot was finally bagged and tagged on Tuesday after a lengthy build season made hectic by a plethora of snow days, but we have continued to work past bag-and-tag on other projects, both engineering and business-related.

This week, the Ball Shooter Team finalized the competition robot for bag and tag and worked on the second robot for practice. We fixed two major problems, which were both latching issues. We also created the shooter heads with a 3D printer that included our logo.

The Ball Acquisition Team worked hard to get Andromeda bagged and tagged by February 18th. We are working on fixing the spring in the second shooter for Perseus, the second robot.

The Programming Team has successfully verified all of the controls and actuators on both of the FRC robots. We are finishing the development of all controls for the drive team, as well as building all necessary calibration data for autonomous, pick-up, and firing.

The Marketing Team held a tour for parents and sponsors of our build space, pit, and practice field. Team members gave presentations about what goes into running an FRC team and the process of making a robot and making business submissions. VIP sponsors and many parents came and enjoyed our presentation. Our hope was to give a sense of all the different experiences that can be made on the AdamBots and variety of things we do, and it seems that we achieved our goal.

The Photo/Video Team have been working on the Chairman’s video alongside the Animation Team. We also plan to do a robot reveal video before we go to the Hub City Regional in Texas, and continue to update our vlog on YouTube.

The Business Plan Team have been working on an interactive PowerPoint presentation for our pit, and it is almost done with just a few final updates to be made. We have also proofread our full business plan document; even though the full document no longer needs to be submitted we would like to continue producing the in-depth plan that helps keep our team in shape.

The Digital Media Team are finishing up our Media Plan for the 2014 season. We also discussed new posting strategies so we can improve our online connections even more.

The Chairman’s Team wrote a first draft of our presentation and presented it for a small group of students and mentors. We will be tweaking it through the next two weeks until it is cohesive and coherent as possible.

Written by Cameron Johnson

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