On May 18, 2024, Stormgears participated in the annual Apple Blossom Parade held in the Westford, MA town center, and overall it was a great success! This event wouldn’t have been possible without the hard work and dedication of our volunteers from Stormgears: Aditi K, Advit Mehta, Akshaj Ghanta, Claire Gao, Krish Parmar, Sabah Chatiwala, […]
Apple Blossom Parade 2024 Read More »
On April 27, 2024, Stormgears presented at the annual Girl Scouts Stem Fest and it was a huge success! All volunteers from Stormgears: Claire Gao, Nandana Nair, Simra Ali, Ishaan Jagali, Meher Pillai, Harsheta Krishnakumar, Advit Mehta, Deepi Veda, Feng Gao, Sadaf Shams, Manjo Kumar, and Ganesan Vedavinayagma. 8 Stormgears students spread
Girl Scouts Stem Fest 2024 Read More »
We finalized the arcade lights design and 3D printed TPU “end caps” for the half-tubes, mounting them on both sides of the shooter with the neopixels. We also sanded down the tubes to create a frosted look, which makes the neopixel glow effect even stronger. We also replaced the shooter support aluminum extrusions with newer,
Mechanical – Week 12 Progress Read More »
We started and finished new bumpers for the robot as our last ones had suffered a lot of damage from matches. Our new bumpers were constructed with birch plywood and we used a heat-vinyl transfer machine to apply the iron-ons, so they should be much stronger. We also began designing shooter “arcade lights” using two
Mechanical – Week 11 Progress Read More »
We changed the ratio on the climber NEO gearboxes to 100:1, greatly increasing our torque as 40:1 wasn’t enough.
Mechanical – Week 10 Progress Read More »
We 3D printed new mounts for our front and back Limelight cameras, allowing for more optimal angles. We also printed a new neopixel tower that mounts to the side of the shooter and is perpendicular to the ground, enabling it to be used like a compass for alignment.
Mechanical – Week 9 Progress Read More »
We have designed and mounted the final climber design, which adds in a static hook that the robot ultimately hangs off of; the pivoting hooks are used to get the static hooks to the chain. This makes it so the weight of the robot isn’t resting on the gearboxes when the match ends and eliminates
Mechanical – Week 8 Progress Read More »
We have begun work on designing a simple climber that pivots onto the chain, doing a sort of “robot pull up.” This eliminates the need for a linear actuator like the AndyMark climber in a box (which would be more of a hassle to assemble), but it does mean that we can only cimb on
Mechanical – Week 7 Progress Read More »
WEEK 6: 02/16/24 We fixed a loose ferrule connection on the roborio, re-labeled the 2024 batteries with the new serial numbers, extended a SPARK MAX motor controller’s wires, and finalized the packing list/ tote for our Week 0 competition. A limelight camera was mounted to our robot as well, so it was wired between the
Electrical Week 6 Progress Read More »
Stormgears had a great match during our district competition that took place at UNH from March 28 to 30. We were able to become the first-place alliance captains. We had an alliance with the teams The Big Red 1512 and Chop Shop 166, and as a team we were able to become finalists. Our mechanical
NE District UNH Competition Read More »
