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2026 Build Season Week 0 Robot Testing At WPI
The team traveled to Worcester, MA to test our prototype robot at the practice field hosted by Team 190 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). Access to this field gives our drive team the closest possible simulation of how the robot will behave on an official FRC field. The morning started with a challenge: the drivetrain…
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Build Season Week -5: Expanding Prototypes, Advancing CAD, and Preparing Robots
Week ‑5 was defined by parallel progress across software, mechanical, electrical, and CAD. With kickoff behind us and early prototypes validated, the team shifted into refining mechanisms, integrating subsystems, and preparing both RED and BLUE robots for testing. Much of the work this week focused on translating early ideas into manufacturable designs and ensuring our control…
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2026 Pre-Season Week -6 Building Momentum
Week -6 brought steady progress as subteams pushed through early-season infrastructure tasks. The focus remained on validating systems, starting prototypes, and ensuring our hardware and software foundations are stable. Software: Camera Stress Testing and System Updates Software spent the week testing the limits of our vision hardware and preparing the driver environment. These findings give the…
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2026 Pre-Season Week -7
The first week of the 2026 FIRST Robotics Competition season set the tone for what promises to be an ambitious and energized build cycle. Our students jumped immediately into strategy, prototyping, and fabrication transforming kickoff excitement into real engineering progress. Here’s a look at what the team accomplished. Once the team locked in on a…
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2026 Kick Off
The DevilBotz kicked off the 2026 FRC season with a fast‑paced and highly productive day. After the game reveal one group built a detailed list of every action the robot could perform, while another dug into the game manual. Students then moved into design brainstorming, ranking tasks, sketching ideas, and comparing concepts. Midway through the…
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