Wheels screech into the pit as the vehicle careens off the track after zooming through its last lap. The coach smoothly advises the driver as the pit crew huddles over the chassis. The pit boss hands a grunt a new replacement part as sounds of rivets crushing and drills turning dominate the background noise. As the last rivet popped,...
Three Jesuit VEX teams traveled to Houston last weekend, November 19 and 20, 2011, to compete in the Veteran Division of the 2011 VEX Houston Robotics Competition. This fall’s competition let robots pick up spheres and barrels and put them in circular goals of various heights. The game also involves lots of strategy as there are objects that can...
As the many Jesuit Robotics students furiously used a Computer Aided Design program, otherwise know as CAD, a few stand out. These students are not making the numerous amount of parts that the lab usually makes. Instead, these students are making ornaments for Christmas. Ornaments designed and printed, cut, or assembled in the lab create a unique environment in...
The robotics team carefully equips their robot with all the sensors needed and patiently puts it on the tarmac. As the machine quickly yet efficiently loads its cargo into hubs and racks up points by the second. As the timer quickly ticks away, the robots climb up several bars. In the end, the team is victorious, narrowly beating out...
The Jesuit Robotics team is back this year 2011-2012 for another season of building robots and traveling to competitions. Coming off the most successful year in the club’s 4-year history, hopes are high for another entry into the FIRST (For the Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) World Championship this year. As we prepare for the nonstop excitement...
Since the beginning of January, the Jesuit FRC robotics team has been preparing for the upcoming "Charged Up" FRC competition.Â
The sound of whirring motors and clanking metal echoes through the workshop as the Jesuit robotics team furiously work to perfect their robot for the upcoming competition. Months of brainstorming, designing, building, and programming have led up to this moment....
They have come.
Yes.
The Robots have come.
From the deep dark depths of the Terry Center's own Robo-Dungeon, Jesuit's robotics team, the 2848 All Sparks have emerged, beginning their spring season at the Irving Convention Center from March 1-4.
The Layout
The convention center was divided into two sections. One half of the area was designated for the pits, where the robots...
This fall, the Jesuit Robotics Club built a t-shirt canon that they debuted at Ranger Day before putting it in action at the Homecoming football game and the bi-district playoff game. The robotics club excited the Ranger Day crowd on the canon’s maiden run.
After some air pressure misjudgments caused a couple of t-shirts to land in the river behind...
