A word from one of our Mentors: Jesse Morgan Hi there folks! This is Jesse, one of the Mentors of FRC team #6566, The Battering Rams. Full Disclosure: While I am occasionally a temporary employee of Lamphere (through Edustaff) and my wife is a Librarian at Edmonson Elementary (and a coach for the Edmonson teams), I am not speaking on behalf of Lamphere Schools. These are my own thoughts and opinions as a parent in Lamphere Schools and as a volunteer for the Robotics team.

We’ve finally gotten a chance to inventory the equipment sent by our new sponsor, Hakko!

Light tables are expensive, with some models costing several hundred dollars. After some investigation, we thought the team might be able to build light tables for significantly less. This is an overview of that process.

Since 2024 was our first year using swerve modules, we weren’t sure if the team could get them built and coded before competition, so we decided to hedge our bets by building a Mechanum-based drive-train in case swerve didn’t pan out.

Following last year’s convention, this robot was named after a mentor and student who shared a first name: “Jesse Delta”. Build Process Notes Key Technology Decisions One of the first decisions we made this year was to use a swerve-based drive train. First Competition Second Competition Post Competition Use Final Thoughts

This year’s team had two Ians, so we figured we’d make our robot the third Ian: “Ian 3” Build Process Notes Key Technology Decisions First Competition Second Competition Post Competition Use Final Thoughts

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