Blog
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.
2023 Season – Week 7
Week 7 and we are getting better.
2023 Season – Week 6
Week 6 and we have a fully functioning robot. We are starting to practice on a field, and fine tune the controls and software and starting to make changes to the gripper. Lots of progess.
2023 Season – Week 5
Week 5 and we are getting closer to having a fully functioning robot. Lots of Hitchhikers working on the robot.
2023 Season – Week 4
Assembly of the robot is proceedingWeek 4 is finished. We're working on version 5 of our gripper claw, and playing with different gearing and dimensions of the telescoping arm. And we are starting to build the actual robot. And, our website is running better.
2023 Season – Week 3
A few members work on the latest gripper version.Week 3 is finished. We're working on version 4 of our gripper claw, and playing with different gearing and dimensions of the telescoping arm. that the gripper will get mounted on. And, our website is running better.
2023 Season – Week 2
Two members work on the gripper.Week 2 is finished. We're working on autonomous driving, the gripper claw (to grab cones and cubes), and the telescoping arm that the gripper will get mounted on. But most importantly, we're working on getting the website running.