On October 15, 2022, the Girl Scouts of Central and Western Mass got an opportunity to learn all about FRC Robots, see a robot demonstration, and make a marshmallow and spaghetti structure activities in the Expo Hall with Stormgears FRC 5422! https://www.gscwm.org/en/events/special-events/geek.html
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Our first year swerve QFD After using a kit of parts west coast drivetrain for the past couple seasons, we wanted to expand our capabilities by getting a swerve drive in the off season. It was important to us that the swerve drive can be used for multiple seasons so that the expenses could be
QFD During our QFD process, we determined that it would be best for us to be able to pick up both cubes and cones, ideally in any orientation. This is critical for being a team that can complete links on the upper levels, and be compatible with other teams. Making it simple was important to
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The Evolution of our Intake QFD The primary design issue this year was understanding how a game piece can be placed or moved to the poles and platforms, which were a fair distance from the center of the robot, even when pressed against the edge of the field elements. There are many design constraints that
In February of 2023, Stormgears started planning and hosting an EV3 donation drive. With the transition from EV3 to SPIKE motors in FLL, we thought that rather than EV3s being stored away, we could collect them, and donate them to underprivileged children across the world. To execute this, Stormgears first got consent from several towns
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In September of 2022, the Stormgears began to mentor yet another FLL team: The Yellow Stormgears. This team was made up of 7 motivated students. Under the direction of Ajay and Wahid, these kids worked hard to make a winning robot and innovative project! Their journey began by building a robot. With the help of
