Projects for the Fall Season

The MeTool Brigade is going to have a busy Fall!  Currently, we are working on 3 major projects:

1.  Upgrades to our 2011 FRC Robot, "Pythagasaurus Rex"
We are adding pneumatics and a arm rotation sensor to teach our students some new things that we may wish to use on our 2012 competition robot.  Additionally, as the spool for our Claw was broken at a recent demonstration, now is as a good time as any to explore the exciting world of pneumatics!










2.  Practice Robot
We have found that many highly successful teams in FRC build 2 robots during a competition season, a competition robot and a practice robot.  We are taking our cue from them and building our own practice robot this fall.







We are using some pretty cool components on this robot, including these Mecanum Wheels and these Worm Gear Gearbox's.









3.  Parade Robot
Finally, we feel that we really need to show our community what the MeTool Brigade is all about.  We've decided to build a new robot that we will use in parades.  The old robot was named "CandyBot", we are still looking for a name for the new one.
Right now it is still a shell, but as Homecoming at OTHS is coming soon we have our work cut out for us!