On May 17, 2025, Stormgears FRC Team 5422 proudly participated in Westford’s Annual Apple Blossom Parade. This is an event that brings together thousands of community members each year. This cherished local tradition provided an excellent opportunity for our team to engage with the public and showcase the excitement of STEM and robotics. The following […]
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On May 3, 2025, Stormgears FRC 5422 participated in the Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA) STEM Fest at Camp Cedar Hill in Waltham, MA. The event featured hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math challenges provided by local program partners . Stormgears contributed to the event’s success by leading engaging STEM activities for attendees. The
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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: Simra Ali (event organizer), Aditi K, Advit Mehta, Akshaj Ghanta, Claire Gao,
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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
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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,
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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
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We changed the ratio on the climber NEO gearboxes to 100:1, greatly increasing our torque as 40:1 wasn’t enough.
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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.
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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
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