Here is our first teaser for our 2011 robot!
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16 wheels and a pipe tap?
It’s been two weeks since the beginning of the 2011 FRC Season. For the past week, FIRST Team 604 has been prototyping manipulator designs, working hard on refining and perfecting our design. Photos from this week have been posted below.
Its officially been one week since the start of the 2011 FRC season. Over the past seven days, FIRST Team 604 has been hard at work designing and prototyping various robot designs. Some photos from this week have been posted below.
Today a small group of our team went to NASA Ames to test out our robot on their practice field. We learned a lot about our robot and will use what we learned to help make our robot even better!

Going over the bumps in second gear
Our machine shop sponsor finished our wheels for this year! The are made of two pieces of aluminum and anodized black. Many thanks to our sponsors!

Our wheel before anodization

Black Anodized Wheels
Today our sponsor finished machining the tubing used to construct our chassis. They even have “Leland High Team 604 Quixilver” engraved on them!

Our nearly completed chassis
Today we had our design review for our current robot concept. We invited engineers from our community to give their input on our design. We learned a lot from the discussion and will incorporate many of what we talked about into our final design.

Going over the chassis design

A shot of everyone who attended
Our third and final prototype chassis was an eight-wheel-drive chassis. It turns as well as the six-wheel-drive prototype, and goes over much more smoothly. We have learned a lot from our prototype chassis and will be making a final decision on what we will use in competition soon!

Prototype 8-wheel-drive chassis