The robots made by RoboJackets for combat robotics are small and heavily armored, which prevent having a display or interface to read data or make changes on the fly. But, RoboWrestling hopes to tackle that problem with their radio board project. For the past few semesters, electrical members have been working diligently on a custom…
Category: December 21 Newsletter
FIRST Tech Challenge #5773 Design Discussion
While promoting STEM education and career opportunities through tabling at events is a large part of RoboJackets outreach, so is educating members of our community that are already engaged in robotics. RoboJackets had the opportunity to offer mentorship to FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Team 5773 Ink and Metal, from Northern California. The team is entirely…
Jack and Jill Atlanta Career Talk
Meeting with and educating K-12 students about STEM and career opportunities in STEM is an important component of RoboJackets Outreach. This mainly takes the form of giving talks and tabling at maker fairs and other events. Most recently, RoboJackets was invited to participate in a virtual career day for middle school students, held by the…
Battlebots 3lb Design Reviews and Design Progress
Every year in the BattleBots subteam of RoboJackets, newly recruited RoboJackets form into small teams to work together to design and build 3lb combat robots. Last year, instead of going to Motorama and building standard 3lb combat robots, the new members built lighter robots using a limited set of materials and only competed against themselves…