2nd Competition: Troy District #1

Written by AdamBot Student on March 31, 2024

The AdamBots had a very successful weekend at the Troy #1 District Competition on March 23-24, 2024. The Team finished in 6th place out of 42 teams during the qualification rounds with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses.  We were the number five alliance captain, and selected FRC Team #1, the Juggernauts from […]

Week 2: Post-Competition

Written by AdamBot Student on March 20, 2024

1 week till the AdamBots second district competition!  There have been a few AdamBots working on making the needed improvements to the robot, including mechanical, electrical, and programming, before our next competition at Troy.  Lots of issues were resolved so we can be even better at Troy and be able to do more with the […]

Week 1: Post-Competition

Written by AdamBot Student on March 11, 2024

Last week marked significant strides in enhancing our robot’s capabilities and we appreciate the dedicated students and mentors who have contributed their time and expertise to prepare us for the upcoming competition at Troy. Here is a brief overview of the improvements made since Kettering:  We revamped the wrist motor transmission by adding a higher […]

1st Competition: Kettering District #1

Written by AdamBot Student on March 4, 2024

The AdamBots had a very successful weekend at the Kettering #1 District Competition on March 1-2, 2024! The Team finished in 18th place out of 40 teams during the qualification matches. We started off a little slow on the first day with several issues that caused us to have poorer than normal performance, but after […]

Seventh week

Written by Eryn Yang on February 24, 2024

This week, the Engineering subteams have been making the final touches to the robot and preparing for our first competition next weekend! The Mechanical subteam finished the robot as they attached the motor and began drive team practices. The Electrical subteam wired the climbing harness motors and added limelights. They are now testing batteries to […]

Sixth week

Written by AdamBot Student on February 18, 2024

The AdamBots had yet another incredible week! The Engineering teams are working hard to complete the robot and get it ready for competition! This week, the CAD subteam completed the final renditions of the electrical board, kept up with the mechanical subteam for the shootake, made labels for all of the CAD computers and are […]

Fifth week

Written by Anahita Sinha on February 10, 2024

Week 5 was another fantastic week for the Adambots! As we close in on our first competition of the season at Kettering, the AdamBots are collaborating strongly. The Mechanical subteam is currently working on the robotic arm that they completely manufactured. The chassis has been constructed and examined. The CAD subteam 3D printed limelight mounts, […]

Third week

Written by AdamBot Student on January 29, 2024

The Adambots persevere with their efforts! With the end of the semester on the horizon, the Adambots begin their countdown for their first competition. On the Engineering side, Mechanical, Programming, and Electrical continued working and prototyping their design for the robot. Programming, in specific, began by splitting into different subsystems and planned their code architecture. […]

Second week

Written by AdamBot Student on January 28, 2024

The Adambots continue working hard! Despite some difficulties with the weather (and a couple of snow days) the Adambots continued work on their projects. On the Engineering side, Mechanical, Programming, and Electrical have confirmed a design plan and are ordering all the parts and items needed (so far).  On the Business side, our subteams continue […]

First week

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First week done! Activities began through many of the subteams as well as strategizing. The Engineering teams, Mechanical, Electrical, and Programming, have started prototyping and strategy for the game.  On the Business side, our subteams are hard at work from submissions and tasks that need to be completed before our first competition. Our Impact team […]

2024 Adambots Kickoff

Written by AdamBot Student on January 27, 2024

Welcome Back Adambots! We started this season off great with our kickoff meeting in the beginning of January. The new students were allowed a chance to see how our team functions during the FIRST season as well as meeting the veteran students and their other fellow new students. At this meeting, we also went over […]

Outreach

Written by AdamBot Student on November 2, 2023

Hunger walk This past Sunday, October 29th, the Adambots took part in the Hunger Walk. We had members from Van Hoosen Middle School, West Middle School, Rochester High School, and many more. We raised $651 and collected 441 pounds of food all of which were donated to the Rochester Area Neighborhood House and Food Pantry.  […]

Adambots Advocacy 

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At MAC, the Adambots interacted with many other Michigan teams generating ideas to maintain the finding budget for STEM programs in Michigan. They met with Senator Mark Tisdel and Michael Webber. At the meeting with Tisdel, he expressed his support for STEM programs in Michigan, describing Rochester Hills as a significant factor of the STEM […]

Overview of first two competitions

Written by AdamBot Student on March 25, 2023

On March 4-5th, The Adambots competed in our first competition of the season where there were 39 teams competing. With a record of 9 wins, 3 losses, and 0 ties, the teams placed 7th after finishing the qualification matches. The Adambots were the first pick of the 4th alliance captain, the Blue Devils team 4130, […]

Build Season Week #7

Written by AdamBot Student on March 1, 2023

The Mechanical subteam We worked on repairing mechanical failures that occurred while testing the robot. Also we continued work on our spare arm and added mechanical limit switches to stop the arms rotation. The CAD subteam finished constraining the robot, rendering it, and finishing up putting decals on their designs. The Electrical subteam put some […]