January 31, 2009

Some new pictures and videos have just been uploaded onto the site. To check all of them out, visit the site's media gallery.



In addition to the newly uploaded media, we have crowned a new featured video featuring Job Encarnacion, our featured Team Member, on his last few days of being featured! Awesome feature!

January 30, 2009

Today we finished Larry's prototype self, a very last minute work out on his design and "proof of concept". After having followed our mentor's suggestion of using a sprocket on the joint between the robot and its dumping mechanism, and finding it ineffective, we decided to go ahead and push through with our original pulley system layout for the mechanism. As of 5:10, Larry is fully functioning, and able to shoot on moving targets. Yay us!

The prototype shooting mechanism has just been tested and is a success. For more info, visit the robot timeline or the team blog.

January 25, 2009

Some new videos and photos have been uploaded into the site. You can view all of them here.

January 22, 2009

The Team 3105 progress report video is finally up on the video gallery. Looking back, through thick and thin, it's pretty obvious than more than anything, even winning, it's the experiences shared that come up as the most memorable.

Recounting the activities of the past few days, the most we can say is that we all have a really long way to go. Our mentors are pretty supportive of our work, and we're making good time, but a lot of issues seem to need to be resolved cross-team-wise. We all learned the importance of communication, delegation and collaboration. We can never expect to learn if we don't fall down a few times and with every problem pointed out in design, electronics or programming aspects, we strive to move forward. Nothing's perfect and in the end we'll all have to compensate for each other's shortcomings and mess ups because in the end, that's all unavoidable.

The work week has begun. We're in for a thrill ride.

January 19, 2009

Job Encarnacion

We have a new featured team member, Job Encarnacion.

Why do you want to join the FIRST Robotics Competition?
I want to apply my skills in this event and also I want to be able to help in the project that may bring honor to the country.

For more, check him out here

January 17, 2009

Robo Larry, a.k.a. Larry Labuyo takes its first testdrive on semi-movable platform.

Last Satuday, January 18, the first basic test run of Team 3105 Labuyo's robot was conducted via RC. Two weeks into the game, we're running slow and steady, taking our time and making sure we're having fun and learning every step of the way.

The electronics board was mounted on the basic chassis and taken for a short drive. You can say it gave you the feeling of watching a baby learn to walk. We hope to refine the design and complete the robot's frame and function soon. Everything is pretty new to us at this point, and contrary to popular belief, there isn't a very big difference between us and everyone else in our school, so just like learning how to ride a bike, we're riding fast on training wheels, ready to make the mistakes, sustain the falls and eventually remove the training wheels of our metaphoric n00bness.

We may be the underdogs, but with every step and each new experience, we're hoping to make a splash.


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