Preseason 2015

Hello and welcome to the newly designed Trident Robotics 2014-2015 blog! Our team has already been busy preparing for the exciting and quickly approaching build season. Over the past few months each sub-team has delegated their time to gaining and mastering the skills which they will utilize during the season.

As is annual tradition our team headed to Abbott Laboratories on November 19^th for a networking night. Students enjoyed pizza while talking to Abbott employees and professional engineers about what they do at Abbott and what it’s like to work in the field of engineering. Chairman’s team began the preseason presenting their findings from a short-term project which tasked them with brainstorming and developing solutions to problems they’d be facing during the season. These included: social media, redeveloping the website, and spirit wear. They also are continuing working on the Industrial Technology window display between rooms 109 and 110. Chairman’s team has been contacting companies for lab sponsorships in order to offset the costs of new equipment like a new lathe. John Kircher, leader of programming team, began the preseason developing an attendance program for members to clock in and out easily. Additionally, every member of the team was taught the programming language C++ and how to use the Wind River compiler. As of now they are hard at work on programming last year’s robot. Genny Korn and Isaac Main, the team’s safety captains, began the preseason making sure everyone took a general safety test, as well as preparing specific sub-teams with the training they’ll need throughout the build season. Mechanical team taught their members how to use certain tools and they took inventory of supplies in order to have the best knowledge of our materials before making any further purchases. Control team was taught how to wire controls components, practiced problem-solving scenarios on the robot, and discussed common problems that addressed things that may occur during the season. Design team has been working on basic mechanical designs and they also have been focusing on west coast drive trains. Furthermore, the team went over possible materials used for the robot and how they will be selected.

We look forward to the fun year ahead!