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FNC District Wake County Event
WOW! What a weekend!! We ended up ranked 6th at the Wake County District Event after the qualification rounds. We competed in the playoffs as the Captain of Alliance 4. We chose Team 9032 RoboWhales and Team 5190 Falcon Fury to join our Alliance. After many tight and...
2025 Season – BUSY!
Greetings from the Hitchhikers! We have been busy getting ready for the 2025 Season. Finishing the updates to "Wonko", increasing the speed of collecting, placing Coral and climbing the cage. We have a few 2 coral auto programmed now, but still having a few...
2024 Season – Week 11
Greetings from the Hitchhikers! In Week 11, we are busy finishing the updates to "Max", increasing the speed of collecting, shooting and climbing. We have a few 3 note autos programmed now,
Orange County District Competition
Title: The Hitchhikers Robotics Team Takes Orange County by Storm! Hey everyone! If you've been following the journey of The Hitchhikers robotics team, you know that we're always up for a challenge and a good time. Well, let me tell you about our recent adventure at...
2024 Season – Week 7
Greetings from the Hitchhikers!In Week 7, we finished building "Max" and continue programming and testing. We had tryouts for the drivers and drive team.
2024 Season – Week 5
Greetings from the Hitchhikers!In Week 5, we continue prototyping and testing the shooter and intake. Our first shooter design pretty much failed, so we redesigned it. We continue honing our CAD skills, electronics, build and test our design.
2024 Season – Week 4
Greetings from the Hitchhikers!In Week 4, we started prototyping and testing a shooter and intake. Our first shooter design pretty much failed, so we redesigned it. We continue honing our CAD skills, electronics, build and test our design.
2024 Season – Week 3
Greetings from the Hitchhikers! In Week 3, we were more than excited and happy to welcome Marie E. Hopper, the President of FIRST North Carolina. She talked to all the members about her history with mentoring and FIRST and talked to each member about why they joined,...
2024 Season – Week 2
Greetings from the Hitchhikers! In Week 2, our team delved into the intricacies of designing a shooter and intake while mastering CAD & Electronics. Our shooter design focuses on achieving optimal velocity control, ensuring consistency in launching game elements,...
2024 Season – Week 1
It's the 1st week of the 2024 season, and the Hitchhikers are back in force. We held kickoff at a student's house and immediately after learning the game, we split into 3 groups to learn about the game, and to present to the rest of the team our findings and any...
2023 Season – FIRST World Championships
Worlds!
2023 Season – NC District Championship
We had a lot of fun at the state championship. We were chosen in the 5th alliance, with Team 900, The Zebracorns, and Team 5518, Technowolves. Sadly, we got eliminated in Round 2 after a robot had a CAN error. We lost by 8 points after another robot hit us and we...
2023 Season – Week 10 – Wake County District Event
Week 10 and we just finished our second competition.
2023 Season – Week 9 – Johnston County District Event
Week 9 and we just finished our FIRST (no pun intended) Competition of the 2023 Season.
2023 Season – Week 8
Week 8 and we are getting better.