Walkabout Progress
As many of you know, Spartronics builds a new robot from scratch each year to compete in a brand-new competition. All of the new materials and parts easily add up in costs, and Spartronics is also in a unique position where we do not receive any funding from the schools (however, we do receive access to […]
Bonney Lake: Day 1 Recap!
Spartronics 4915 and its robot NEMESIS competed in Day 1 of the FIRST Robotics Competition in Bonney Lake. Spartronics completed the day with a record of 6-4, ranking 14th out of 35 teams. Check out the live stream on Twitch to follow Day 2 matches, and hopefully the playoffs! Since our first competition at Glacier […]
Kicking Off the Season!
Worldwide kickoff was at 9 AM on Saturday, January 6th. Our whole team gathered to watch the livestream announcement, and we even got to see some alumni too! We started working on strategies and building the actual robot. It’s time to put the pedal to the metal and prepare for our first competition in March.
Subteam Updates
Mechanics and Design: Mechanics were building a mock field for the robot to practice on, and building the robot’s chassis. Design was prototyping plywood models of some of the robot’s mechanisms and tinkering on CAD.