As the rules for the 2019 MRDC Season came out, BitCorn is kicked into high gear. Last Thursday, Nov.8th we had our team launch ceremony, team’s moral was extremely high for the new game season. In the next few weeks before wither break, our team will be finalizing design detailed, […]
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The 2019 MRDC game has arrived, and the Mechabytes are ready for round 3. Our task for this year involves crossing bridges over a ball pit, shooting baskets, and moving bowling balls around – we’ll be busy for a while. After going through the rules for this year and breaking […]
The ILLINIhilation Robotics team has concluded its final season as the senior MRDC team of iRobotics. We are very proud of the robot we have created this year, opting for a more custom and compact waterjet-cut frame, along with the new brushless motor drivetrain system. Although we did not do […]
The senior MRDC team has been working hard in getting the frame and drivetrain assembled. This year, we opted to making our frame from waterjet-cut panels instead of the traditional aluminum square tubing, and it looks pretty sweet! It also made it much easier to assemble and less manual machining […]
As EOH approaches we ready have been working overtime to ensure that our robot will be ready in time. We have been meeting regularly in order to finialize the parts and begin assembling the frame of the robot. We hope to be near completion by the end of the weekend!
With 10 days left until EOH and 80% of our parts done, we are way ahead of schedule compared to last year! This year, the Mechabytes are trying something completely new to iRobotics MRDC teams with an interlocking sheet metal design. This will allow us to assemble our robot in […]