Don't miss the Twilight Star Mini-Regional held by Team 2220 Blue Twilight.

Two cameras will be placed with a view of the field. One of these will be taking pictures every 30 seconds and loading the pictures to a slideshow. The pictures can be viewed by clicking on the "Timelapse Slideshow" button on the left-hand menu. The second camera will be taking live video that can be viewed by clicking the "Live Event Video" button also to the left.

Thank you to the 38 teams attending for making this all happen, and a big thank you to Team 2220 for hosting this event.

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Last night, while working on our robot, one of our mentors got his hand caught in some of the moving parts.  It broke his thumb and cut his hand pretty deep.

It is not my intention to gross you out by telling you this, but rather to have it serve as a reminder to our team and others that safety is a priority.  Accidents do happen, but it is a responsibility of all of us to make sure that we are aware of the risks and the appropriate safety measures that are put in place to help us avoid them.

For reference, here is a link to the FIRST Robotics Competition Team Safety Manual.  It has a lot of useful information in it, and is important reading for all FRC participants.

We hope all of you have a safe and fun season, and look forward to seeing everyone this weekend at our FRC Practice Event!

Team 2220

Oh no! A caucus!

This week has been crazy with setbacks and problems, but have no fear, Team 2220 is never deterred!

The first big bummer was when Team 2220 was unable to meet on Tuesday February 2nd due to a caucus being held at the high school. But this delay was nothing!

The following Thursday, the build teams started the huge task of getting some of the different parts together. Through CADD, the sub-teams had been working carefully to ensure that all the parts being built would integrate properly when the time came.

The second big bummer was also on Thursday when the school’s Internet dropped, leaving the business and web teams unable to work.

The combination spurred the planning of a second Build-a-thon scheduled for Saturday February 6th. Also scheduled for that Saturday is a tour given by the business team for interested parents. It‘s a chance for curious parents to see what’s been taking up their child’s time.

Look forward to our results!

Team 2220