Category: March 22 Newsletter

RoboNav’s shift from IGVC to URC prompted the team to focus on finding solutions to new tasks requiring the robot to manipulate different objects such as rocks, tools and even an USB stick. To investigate these new components for the design of their rover, RoboNav’s mechanical team divided into 3 groups: the drive train, arm…

Occasionally, RoboJackets officers will have to leave their position in the organization, often due to internships or study abroad opportunities that would limit their ability to perform their duties as an officer. In these situations interim elections are held to determine their replacements for the spring. We took some time to meet these new officers…

Over the years, RoboJackets has developed processes to support our primary mission of promoting, educating, and advancing robotics. From training to purchasing, these support processes impact members in quiet ways but  drastically improve member experience and technical project execution. One tool that every member has used but probably few have noticed is the member management…

One of the central tenets of RoboJackets as a student organization is our commitment to promoting robotics. One of the best ways to do that is to engage students in robotics as early as possible. FIRST robotics shares this goal and organizes robotics competitions for K-12 students. RoboJackets has played a role in their mission…