• Autoangle Test (Serena, Nigel): These two tested code for autoaligning with the reef. It works.
• Distance sensor Stuff (Mowi, Griffin): Programmed a thing that makes smart dashboard blink green when sensors activate.
• Other sensor stuff (Davey, Xiaohan): These two finalized the list of sensors we need to send to Build.
• Elevator Stuff (Davey, Me): We finished the early elevator code. We still need to add a distance sensor.
• PID Loops (Rowan): The PID loops are finished.
• Drive pathing (Zack): Zack started a drive pathing project.

I have a headache.

Chris and I ended up working on other things than porting this over, so there's going to be a few more updates here.

• PID Looping (Me, Rowan, Griffin, Davey): All of us worked on adding PID loops and constants to the various subsystems.
• Swerve cleanup (Me, Rowan): The swerve drive code has now been altered for improved readability.
• Reef Lineup (Xiaohan, Nigel, Serena): These three continued working on the code to automatically align the robot with the reef.
• Auto Configuration (Serena): Serena did some experimentation in pathplanner.
• Reef Sensor Work (Griffin): Griffin finished the close-in reef sensor and alignment code.

I really, really hope we can switch sites next week.

Starting on Saturday, updates will be moving to the regular team blog. Anyway, things that happened today:

• Swerve drive refit (Me, Griffin): I improved the swerve drive code, continuing a project I was working on in the off season.
• Auto testing (Davey, Mowi): Davey and Mowi did PID tuning and made some auto paths using the new software.
• Third limelight testing (Rowan): We now have a limelight program that works with a third limelight.
• Alignment work (Griffin): Griffin made a system that lets us align the robot with poles on the Reefscape field.
• Skeleton work (Nigel): Nigel made some very basic subsytem stuff.
• Other alignment work (Xiaohan): Xiaohan made some other code to help us line up with the reef.

See you over there.

Hello. Sorry about the lack of updates for the past several months, but there have been talks about not using Docusaurus anymore. The primary concerns are the requirements of pulling code to VScode and knowledge of Markdown. If this happens, the blog will likely die. I did not want to upload things that would get deleted in a few short months anyway, and no one else uses this without prompting because of the above issues. Anyway, there will likely be one more post covering the training season in broadest forms, and then a cancellation announcment (with a link to the new p-log if that plan pans out). Anyway, things that happened today:

• Updating (all): New season means new software updates, so we spent the first chunk of practice dealing with that. Most of us updated computers, but Griffin handled the limelights and Xiaohan did RoboRios.
• 2025 Skeleton (Nigel, Mowi): These two started working on the skeleton of the new robot.

Maybe something more?

Today was the second practice, and the first day of school! This is our last practice before the Experience-The-Team nights, so we prepared our stations. An electronics board with two motors was constructed and tested. Every circuit playground and computer pair was tested. We also created some new code for revolution. Well, it had been created awhile ago, but never tested. We tested it a lot and debugged it a lot. At the end, we had it driving and shooting with the push of a button!

There was an experience the team night tonight, but only two people showed up, one of whom had been to the one last Thursday. Anyway, things that happened:

• ETTN (All): We did our standard experience the team night routine for the two people who were here. No-one made the sun and I had to rush through the saftey/circuit presentation, but both people got to drive the robot.
• The Auto Challenge (All): In lieu of other things to do, we started messing around with sequential command groups to get better at making autos without Pathplanner. In the process we learned that the Rotate Robot command did not actually work properly. Oops.

That's all for tonight.

Today was the second practice, and the first day of school! This is our last practice before the Experience-The-Team nights, so we prepared our stations. An electronics board with two motors was constructed and tested. Every circuit playground and computer pair was tested. We also created some new code for revolution. Well, it had been created awhile ago, but never tested. We tested it a lot and debugged it a lot. At the end, we had it driving and shooting with the push of a button!

It is almost the start of the next training season, and so we are meeting again. Things done today:

• Slow Mode (Me): I made a 'slow mode' for the robot that slows down everything and rebinds all of the non-driving controls to the operator controller. This is designed for the state fair. A second version with slightly upped speeds and re-rebound controls will likely be made for the Experience the Team nights.
• Button board disassembly (Davey): Davey disassembled an old button board.
• Circuit Playground Setup (Serena, Griffin, Zack): Some prep work was done to get ready for the Experience the Team nights. This was slightly hampered by the fact that half of our good computers are missing and the worse computers don't work with the circuit playgrounds.

Signing Off.

We played in State this past weekend. Overall it went about as good as we were hoping, and we managed to get 3rd place, out of around 35 robots. Coming back from that, we are beginning to get ready for our summer work, the offseason.

• Debrief (Full Team): Finishing out our final competition, we decided on some projects we might want to do over the summer, and noted them down.
• Roses and Buds (Full Team): As we reflected on the season, we decided to think about what went well, and what we wanted to improve, based on our experience, and write these thoughts down to help us decide what to do next year.
• Offseason Goals (Full Team): Taking our list of projects we wanted to finish during the summer, we voted on which ones we would prioritize, and who was interested in which goal.

All in all, our season was pretty great, and I am excited for next year.

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This is our final main practice before State. Exciting, but there is a lot to do.

• Sorting Sum-thing (Davey): Davey worked on sorting all our items, and packing for state.
• Data Mining (Zack, Griffin): We and some other people working on filling out our online scouting forms for state.
• Test, Test (Xiaohan, Zack): Zack, Xiaohan, and the Drive Team worked on testing our Autos, Understage passing, and cycling.
• Lime-... .-.light(Rowan): Rowan worked on reflashing a limelight to fix it, and ended up making it work.
• Merging and Packing(Augie): Augie helped with packing things for State this weekend, and finished the code for state.

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