Introducing our new livery for next weekend's league qualifier. TNT's looking forward to having a lot of fun in Kankakee - can't wait to play Freight Frenzy again! Thanks to our sponsors @SchneiderElec and @HomewoodScience - we couldn't do this without your generosity!
If you use Android Studio for FTC - You Should Know About Gradle Offline Mode ftc9929.com/2021/12/03/you-s…
We're going to the State tournament! We ranked 8th on robot performance, won 2nd Place Inspire and the Think award. Thanks to @SchneiderElec and the @HomewoodScience for their continued support. Congratulations to all the other advancing teams, we'll "see you" in a few weeks!
SDK-6.0 and Android Studio Users - If you want a build without warnings (as our team does), install the NDK (Tools -> SDK Manager), build, see warning "No compatible side-by-side NDK..." happen, and then click on the link to in the console to fix it. @IllinoisFIRST @FTCTeams
Our ring returns seem to curve in such a way that it may tend to direct rings to the outside of the field. (The curve is mirrored red/blue). Has anyone else noticed this? #ultimateGoal
Kaylin with her mom’s help (a MSE in metallurgy from Purdue) learning to analyze the failure of the drill bit that came with our game elements this season. We try to never miss a learning opportunity in FTC! @andymarkinc #morethanrobots
BTS of the FIRST Illinois FTC Kick-off stream this morning, are you going to be there? twitch.tv/illinois_ftc #ILFTC
Looking at ways to write code for your robot, without having access to the robot for #UltimateGoal? See how we are using unit tests and fake hardware implementations to do just that - ftc9929.com/2020/08/14/writi… #FTC @FTCTeams @FIRSTweets @IllinoisFIRST
Kick-Off is coming! Get ready with more space for your ideas to solve Ultimate Goal with these instructions for inexpensive whiteboards from our pit chief, Kaylin:
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Five seasons of tool purchases for FTC...what we've learned - ftc9929.com/2020/06/22/whats…
Practice like you’ll play (blue field perimeter at state has messed with color sensing and CV before!)
Our intake, outtakes. W2F-70 can stack like mad, but is also great at delivering stones to other stackers! See you at IL State! #FTCChampsIL #FTCIllinois #Skystone
All of our matches from the league qualifier, including semi-final and finals on our YouTube channel - youtube.com/watch?v=mwqIYxRv…
Thanks again to Kankakee School District Robotics Team for hosting, and streaming the matches live, our family and fans watched along from all over!
Off to State, we won the Inspire award! Thanks to our winning alliance captain Deviation (FTC16457), and second selection The Incredibots (9342). Thanks also to our sponsors @SchneiderElec and @HomewoodScience!
