We made an In the Zone cone in our Formlabs printer. The printer bed is the perfect size, but with the support materials we needed to print it at 96% of actual size. But at least it gives a good idea of the structure.
The link to the file is at the bottom.
40 grams of support material removed
They moved the game reveal to Saturday during closing ceremonies!
WEDNESDAY l APRIL 19
12:00 – 1:00 pm VEX & REC Foundation Open Forum Discussion 1:00 – 7:30 pm Pre-Event Team: Check-in, Pit Area Set Up & Inspection
1:30 – 7:30 pm Practice Fields Open
3:00 – 4:00 pm Girl Powered Social in ULA Ballroom
3:00 – 7:00 pm Skills Challenges Rounds
4:00 – 5:00 pm Team/Driver Meeting with Mandarin Translation in the Math Division
5:00 – 6:00 pm Team/Driver Meeting with Spanish Translation in the Math Division
7:30 pm Pit Area & Venue Close
THURSDAY l APRIL 20
7:45 am Team Load In – Pit Area, Registration & Inspection Opens
8:00 – 9:45 am Practice Fields Open/Skills Challenges Rounds
10:00 am Team Check-in & Inspection Deadline
10:00 am Team/Driver Meeting in Freedom Hall in English
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Practice Round/Skills Challenges Rounds
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm Opening Ceremony/Parade of Nations in Freedom Hall
2:30 – 6:30 pm Qualifying Rounds Begin/Skills Challenges Rounds
7:00 pm Pit Area & Venue Close
FRIDAY l APRIL 21
7:45 am Pit Area Open
8:30 – 9:30 am Opening Ceremonies/Online Challenge Awards
9:30 am – 12:00 pm Qualifying Rounds/Skills Challenges Rounds
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 – 5:00 pm Qualifying & Skills Challenges Rounds
5:00 – 6:30 pm Skills Challenge Finals & VEX New Product Reveal in Freedom Hall
7:00 pm Pit Area & Venue Close
SATURDAY l APRIL 22
7:45 am Pit Area Open
8:30 am Simulcast Opening Ceremonies/Division Awards
8:50 – 11:15 am Qualifying Rounds
11:15 – 11:30 am Alliance Selection Process in Each Division
11:30 am – 1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:30 – 3:30 pm Division Playoffs and Awards
4:45 – 6:15 pm Finals, Game Unveil & Closing Ceremony/Awards
6:15 pm Pit Area Closes
6:15 – 11:30 pm Team Party at Kentucky Kingdom* *Ticket Required
Team 9421X, the Intangibles, have qualified for the 2017 VEX Robotics World Championship! It starts April 19 in Louisville, Kentucky. This will be the fourth consecutive year that an FHS team has qualified for the World Championship
Framingham High School Juniors Varun Tekur and Kevin Lenzi, Sophomore Connor Neshe and Liam Neal Reilly earned enough points in the Robot Skills competition to qualify them to compete in the World Championship. This will be Varun’s fourth trip to Worlds, Kevin and Liam’s third and Connor’s first.
The New Schedule: The new dates of the VEX Robotics World Championship mark a dramatic program change to provide teams with a superior event experience as they compete in the largest and fastest growing international robotics programs. The VEX Robotics Competition and VEX U will open to middle school, high school, and university teams on Wednesday, April 19, and culminate with finals, awards, and a team party at Kentucky Kingdom on Saturday, April 22. The VEX IQ Challenge will open to elementary school and middle school teams on Sunday, April 23, and culminate with finals, awards, and a team party at Kentucky Kingdom on Tuesday, April 25.
We are very excited to be going back to Louisville.
The alliance of 9421X, Bancroft B and Pingree Pinky were the Tournament Champions at Quinsigamond Community College’s February in Worcester Tournament on Saturday February 11. This qualifies them for the Southern New England Regional Championship March 4-5. 
MathWorks is excited to offer free MATLAB and Simulink software to all the VEX teams. Your team can use MATLAB and Simulink to program the VEX EDR robot.
To request software for your team, click the link below:
www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/vex-robotics
You will receive your complimentary license information and installation instruction by email within three business days.
For more on this software offer and learning resources, please go through the attached information flyer.
Contact us at vexrobotics@mathworks.com
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The first Star Struck scrimmage in November 5th at QCC!
Don’t forget: you need to get your forms in to Mr. Erbland this week to register your team!
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This will affect you all.
Appendix D:
The Robot Skills Champion Award is presented to the team with the highest combined Programming and Driving Skills Challenge score. A team’s combined score will be determined by adding their highest Programming skills score and their highest Driving Skills score at a single competition. Teams competing in only one of the two skills challenges will receive a zero score in the challenge in which they did not participate.
Do you have unused or old electronics taking up space? Support the Framingham High Robotics Club and get rid of your old electronics! On Saturday June 18th from 9 am – 3 pm we will be at Framingham High School’s main parking at 115 A Street where, for a small fee, we will take your unwanted electronics and appliances. We will accept computers, monitors, microwaves, air conditioners and virtually all unwanted electronics, as well as white goods such as refrigerators and washers and large metal item such as file cabinets. Proceeds from disposal fees you pay will benefit the robotics club.
The disposal fees charged range from $1 to $25 and are below what many towns charge for the proper disposal of electronics. Residents of all towns are welcome. Check out the full fee schedule below. You can even get a free t-shirt when you donate $50 in fees (while supplies last). All proceeds from this event will go to support the FHS Robotics teams.
Framingham High School Robotics is a fast growing club that has had a great deal of success this year. We won several tournaments, including the Southern New England Regional Championship! For the third year in a row, we have had teams go all the way to the VEX Robotics World Championships. But as we grow, we need your support to help buy new parts, software and to travel to competitions.
All equipment collected will go to CRT Recycling Inc. of Brockton, a large recycling firm that either reuses or resells electronics, nearly eliminating landfill disposal of electronics. CRT Recycling will sanitize/erase or destroy all hard drives. Recycling unwanted electronics is a responsible thing to do and the only legal way to dispose of such items in Massachusetts.
No batteries or tires, please.
Recycling Event Fees for Drop-Offs (per item):
$1 – Portable items such as cell phones,MP3 players, telephones smoke detectors, calculators, routers, modems, speakers 6”-12” tall, or USB hubs
$3 – Small items such as external hard drives, external CD/DVD drives, or speakers 12-15” tall
$5 – Medium-sized items such as inkjet printers, VCRs, scanners, DVD Players, radios, stereo components, boom boxes, toaster ovens, game console, or speakers 15-22” tall
$10 – Larger items such as computers, laptops, microwaves, humidifiers, dehumidifiers, fax machines, laser printers, all-in-one printers, or speakers 22-34” tall
$15 – Large items including all computer monitors or speakers over 34” tall
$20 – TVs 27” diagonal and under
$25 – Very large items such as TVs over 27” diagonal, projection TVs, air conditioner (home wall/window units), washers, dryers, ovens, dishwashers or refrigerators
Other larger items, such as office copiers, large AC units, etc. are priced by size (H+W+D (inches)):
Size < 70 – $15
70-80 – $25
80-90 – $35
90-100 – $45
100-110 – $55
110-120 – $65
120-130 –$75
No batteries or tires, please.
Come to A212 on Thursday May 26th at 2 pm to learn more about the Framingham High School Robotics Club. Meet the two robots what went to the world championship and the other that won the Southern New England Championship.
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