{"id":2945,"date":"2018-01-13T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-14T01:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/?p=2945"},"modified":"2018-01-13T16:32:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T00:32:16","slug":"whats-inside-the-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/whats-inside-the-box\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Inside the Box?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s Inside the Box? <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FIRST <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power Up &#8211; a game full of power cubes, switches, scales, and a climb! Check out this year&#8217;s game animation:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset videofit\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018 FIRST Robotics Competition - FIRST POWER UP Game Animation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HZbdwYiCY74?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s been a busy first week of our 2018 Build Season! Between wrestling with nuts and bolts in battles that require both coaches and students,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2955 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0013-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0013-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0013-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0013-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">building field elements with mentors, and<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2948 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0154-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0154-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0154-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0154-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">building prototypes, Team 3238 has been busy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2952 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_20180113_113502301-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_20180113_113502301-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_20180113_113502301-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/IMG_20180113_113502301-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chassis has decided to pursue a design with chain rather than belts, giving the subsystems four more inches to work with between the wheel base.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2958 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0069-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0069-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0069-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0069-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The collector subsystem originally discussed using belts similar to those on our Steamworks robot, but decided to go with a more versatile and maneuverable system to allow for all cube orientations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2946 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0137-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0137-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0137-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0137-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our lifter subsystem originally planned to use a linear slide system similar to what we used during 2015 (a design we call Recycled Rush), but moved to a different design when they discovered that those specific slides wouldn&#8217;t be delivered until the final week of build! The same group of people is also working on our climbing subsystem, which may also be based on a previous year&#8217;s robot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2947 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0146-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0146-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0146-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anacortesrobotics.org\/teams\/frc3238\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_0146-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While the rest of the team has been designing and building prototypes, the electronics subsystem has been updating software, writing code for the plywood proto-chassis, and discussing how to write autonomous code and use vision processing to detect cubes while showing their new members the ropes.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re excited to see how\u00a0<em>FIRST\u00a0<\/em>Power Up turns out and hope you are too!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s Inside the Box? FIRST Power Up &#8211; a game full of power cubes, switches, scales, and a climb! Check out this year&#8217;s game animation: It&#8217;s been a busy first week of our 2018 Build Season! 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