Lakeshore Lance-A-Bots is honored to accept a 1,000-dollar check from the Lakeshore Lions Club! The Lions Club has given this check to the Lance-A-Bots for qualifying for the Worlds’ competition in Houston, Texas. This will greatly help with the costs of transporting everyone to Houston and making sure we have a safe place to stay. The team is very thankful for the visit and the check from the Lions Club and looks forward to future cooperation!
If you’re interested in learning more about their website, click on the link down below
Team Lance-A-Bot participated in the robotics competition hosted by St. Joseph High School. It was another great weekend for us, the team went all the way up to the finals match! Unfortunately, we did not win, but our alliance got 2nd place, which is still amazing!
We were chosen by the team captain of Alliance 3 #3452, the GreengineerZ, to join their alliance and we said yes. The team captain also chose team #5227, the Eagle Elite to join the alliance as well. When team Eagle Elites robot broke down partway through the playoffs, team #9758, Pantron-X took their place until the Eagles Elites could fix their robot and hop back in.
Our alliance pushed all the way to the finals, where our alliance was up against Alliance 1 which consisted of #2054, the Tech Vikes, #2767 Stryke Force, #5610 Turbulence, and #5501 the Bobcats. Both alliance fought very hard, but in the end Alliance 1 pulled out on top. Both alliances did a very good job in the competition!
In addition of earning the finalist award, we were also given the Sustainability award for our ability of recruiting and training of Team Lance-A-Bots members, as well as our participation in cleaning up a section of road on Red Arrow Highway for adopt-a-highway. We try to participate in this activity every year. We also host the FLL/Lance-A-Bot Mania event for kids in elementary school interested in robotics.
Overall we had a great time at the St. Joseph District event, and we hope St. Joseph High School continues to host this event! Thank you St. Joseph High School!
This weekend, Team Lance-A-Bot participated in the Berrien Springs robotics competition. This was Berrien Springs’s first time hosting a competition, and they did a very good job hosting it! The team hopes that they continue to host in the future, the team had a very good time there.
Team Lance-A-Bot got their first-ever blue banner in school history! Our drive team Owen Doms, Logan Bellinger, Riley Dutton, and Cole Miller did an amazing job driving and bringing our team to first place! After the qualification matches, we were in rank 3 of the 34 teams, and we were the captain of Alliance 2. Our Alliance was team #602, the Dragons, and team #201, the FEDS. All the teams did an amazing job throughout the whole competition.
We were also awarded the Spirit Award for our awesome motivation to the team from the stands! The rest of the team did an awesome job cheering on our team and Alliance 2. We hope to keep getting this award for the years to come! Thank you Berrien Springs for an awesome competition!
We’re only a week away from our first competition! Here’s what we did this week.
The build team was busy working on pneumatics, creating a side panel coverup, centering device, and adding the bumpers to our robots. The team has lots to do before our first competition, but we will be ready!
The design team worked on the climbing bracket, protecting the limit switches inside the robot, designing a better-built guard, and worked on the AMP. They did lots of good work this week!
The software team was doing plenty as well this week! They figured out how to make the intake work, figured out how one button works on the controllers, figured out the cycle commands, and the autonomous code.
The business team was busy this week distributing t-shirts, put our sponsors on the back side of the t-shirts, and we have over 1000 buttons for our first competition!
Team Lance-A-Bot got a lot of work done this week! Here’s our progress:
The build team this week got the assemblies completed on their robot, and they finished wiring the robot as well.
The software team tuned specific sub-systems and put together an autonomous selection routine test.
The design team worked on the amp assist, finished the climber assembly, and worked on the pneumatic board.
“Doug’s Thugs”
The Business team finished our rough drafts for the pamphlets for our judges, we finally got our spirit wear (we are gonna be blinged out), and made even more buttons for the competitions.
Our first competition is coming faster than you may expect! A reminder that the first competition at Berrien Springs is on March 2nd-3rd. More information on my post for the schedules of the competitions.
This week was a good week for Team Lance-A-Bot! Here’s what our team did this week:
The build team got all of the pieces for their robot and started assembling the robot!
The design team designed the climber for our robot and started a 3D modeling organizer for wires on the electrical panel!
The software team started testing the subsystems and updated the limelights to the new software.
The business team finished the majority of our pamphlets for the judges and worked on producing buttons for the competitions.
As a reminder, the first competition is in Berrien Springs in the Arts and Athletics Center, March 2nd-3rd! Check my competition schedule for more information.
Berrien Springs High School 201 Sylvester Ave Berrien Springs, MI 49103
Schedule
Saturday (Day 1)
10:30AM-11:00AM
Opening Ceremonies
11:00AM-1:00PM
Qualification Matches
1:00PM-2:00PM
Lunch
2:00PM-7:00PM
Qualification Matches
8:00PM*
Pits Close
Sunday (Day 2)
9:00AM-9:30AM
Opening Ceremonies
9:30AM-12:30PM
Qualification Matches
12:30PM-1:00PM
Alliance Selections
1:00PM-2:00PM
Lunch
2:00PM-5:00PM
Playoff Matches
5:00PM-5:30PM
Awards Ceremony
6:30PM*
Pits Close
St. Joseph Competition
St. Joseph High School 2521 Stadium Dr St Joseph, MI 49085
Schedule
Friday (Day 1)
10:30AM-11:00AM
Opening Ceremonies
11:00AM-1:00PM
Qualification Matches
1:00PM-2:00PM
Lunch
2:00PM-7:00PM
Qualification Matches
8:00PM*
Pits Close
Saturday (Day 2)
9:00AM-9:30AM
Opening Ceremonies
9:30AM-12:30PM
Qualification Matches
12:30PM-1:00PM
Alliance Selections
1:00PM-2:00PM
Lunch
2:00PM-5:00PM
Playoff Matches
5:00PM-5:30PM
Awards Ceremony
6:30PM*
Pits Close
*These schedules may change. Check the FIRST in Michigan website for more details!
Students may be required to go to these schools earlier than the schedule says. These are just for the parents. The students will get additional information from their mentors about what time to be at the schools.
This week was a big week for team Lance-A-Bot! Here’s what we did:
The Business team was very honored to have the Lakeshore Lions Club at our school this week! Build sub-team captain Cole Miller and team captain Sam Velasco presented a slideshow about Team Lance-A-Bot to them. Not only did we do that, but we also continued working on our pamphlets for our judges and started writing the essay for the Woodie Flower Award!
The software team was doing lots of coding this week. They wrote commands for the intake, updated the system for the robot location input, and completed coding the shuffleboard!
The build team started building the robot this week! They got the chassis on the swerve drive attached, and they worked on the side panel of the robot. They also started having build-a-thons, so many of them are going to be working extra hours on Fridays!
The design team has finished designing the robot, but they aren’t done yet! They almost finished the electrical panel and our robot climber design. Next week they’ll start their pneumatic design.
Team Lance-A-Bot needs to have some fun too! Although, make sure to not have too much fun, like our friend Riley did… We had a dance party after a meeting and danced to Party in the USA and Call Me Maybe! Some of our members have some serious moves.
This week everyone was busy getting to work with the robot and making game pieces! Here’s what the team did:
The design team was busy designing the robot this week, and they managed to finish the design process as well! Go, design team!
The Software team was busy coding the robot this week. They coded the sub-systems, worked on the robot commands, and labeled/configured swerve moduels!
The build team got ready to start building the robot this week. They deburred a chassis, finished the field prototypes, worked on some swerve modules, and worked on the April tag (that will be very important).
The business team was busy working on pamphlets that judges will view for the basics of what each team does, and completely updating the website!
We have finally begun our journey for the 2024 FRC competition Crescendo! All of us are very excited and can’t wait for our first competition.
Our first week was full of prototyping our robots. We had many good ideas, but in the end we decided on a intake prototype and a shooter prototype.
Our second week was the week where we started designing our robot. It was also a week with lots and lots of snow, and we couldn’t meet up a lot of times during the week. Luckily we were able to meet up a few times and was able to get plenty of work done.
But the design team wasn’t the only one who was busy. The rest of the teams were getting to work as well.
The Software team started to work on the robot programming for different parts of the robot, like the intake, shooter, etc.
The build team finished up their prototypes and started making game pieces for the robot. They made the amp and the speaker all out of wood!
The Business team worked on making a pamphlet of talking points for the judges, safety kits to pass out during the competitions, and fully updated our current website! If you’d like to view the website, go to https://www.lakeshorerobotics.com
