April 5
Today’s meeting was fairly short. Mr. Wherley ran through the list of off-season projects and made sure each has a student leader and adult mentor. All the leadership roles are […]
Off Season Excitement!
Tonight the team discussed the accomplishments and weaknesses of the year. We came up with ways to get the message out to Herndon High School, participate in more events, and […]
A Job Well Done
The trip was a success. Team 116 was able to make it to the quarterfinals at the Bayou Regional. Despite problems with the arm and mini-bot deployment, we were able to contribute […]
One More Week
There are still some last minute things for us to do to prepare for the trip. We need the final Bill of Materials for all teams. Also, at least one […]
Wednesday February 16
Today was a quiet day. Everyone knew exactly what had to get done and got immediately to it. We have until Tuesday to finish everything, so if you know you […]
Tuesday February 15
I am happy to say that all the sub-teams are making great progress. Some sub-teams are working on the final touches. Once you finish, we advise you ask around to help the others. FTC […]
Monday January 24
The team is now dividing into subgroups regularly. Each team has an inventor to display its contribution. At the next meeting we will see what everyone has come up with […]
Saturday Meeting and FTC Competition (Annandale)
Today the Robotics team divided into subgroups and worked on their part of the FRC robot. In other news, Herndon High’s FTC group (Team 519) participated in the NOVA competition […]
Thursday January 20
Today each member went back to their subteam and planned what they were going to do for the Build Season. FTC had to focus on the Annandale competition. Then we […]
Saturday January 15
Every group was able to come up with a robot design and make a presentation to explain it. Afterwards the group had a PDR and the best robot design has […]