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Please help support our team! $25 buys a motor, $50 buys a new battery, $150 adds controllers and sensors, $500 pays tournament fees, $750 upgrades our drivetrain

    Iron Reign earns FTC World Championship Motivate Award
    22 Apr 2018

    School of Science and Engineering Freshman Orientation
    26 Apr 2018

    Finishing the Chassis
    29 Apr 2018

    UIL 2018
    18 May 2018

    Contacting Mark Cuban
    23 May 2018

    Response from Mark Cuban
    24 May 2018

    Conversing with Mark Cuban
    26 May 2018

    Iron Reign sponsored by Mark Cuban
    01 Jun 2018

    Swerve Drive Experiment
    02 Jun 2018

    Swerve Drive Prototype
    09 Jun 2018

    Big Wheel Ideas
    23 Jun 2018

    Turn Up! at Dallas Love Field
    23 Jun 2018

    2018-19 Connect and Outreach Strategy
    30 Jun 2018

    CNC Machine Rehab 1
    01 Jul 2018

    2018-2019 Recruitment
    14 Jul 2018

    Central Public Library Outreach Event
    14 Jul 2018

    Position Tracking
    18 Jul 2018

    Moon Day 2018
    21 Jul 2018

    Chassis Flyer
    22 Jul 2018

    Summer Chassis Project - July Meeting
    22 Jul 2018

    Replay Autonomous
    28 Jul 2018

    SEM Nest Outreach
    02 Aug 2018

    C.A.R.T. Bot Summer Project
    12 Aug 2018

    Best Buy Grant
    14 Aug 2018

    Dallas Back to School Fair
    18 Aug 2018

    Adjusting Garchomp's Chains
    18 Aug 2018

    My Summer at MIT
    19 Aug 2018

    Hey New Members!
    20 Aug 2018

    BigWheel CAD
    21 Aug 2018

    Mentor Involvement from MIT
    25 Aug 2018

    Organization!
    25 Aug 2018

    2018-19 Recruitment
    30 Aug 2018

    Bigwheel Presentation
    03 Sep 2018

    Garchomp Presentation
    03 Sep 2018

    North Texas Invitational Presentation Series - Worlds
    03 Sep 2018

    Post Kickoff Meeting
    08 Sep 2018

    Rover Ruckus Brainstorming & Initial Thoughts
    08 Sep 2018

    2018 Kickoff
    08 Sep 2018

    Testing Intakes
    09 Sep 2018

    Rover Ruckus Strategy
    10 Sep 2018

    Choosing Drive Train
    12 Sep 2018

    Selecting Wheels
    12 Sep 2018

    Brainstorming Two
    15 Sep 2018

    Meeting Log
    15 Sep 2018

    Vision Discussion
    15 Sep 2018

    CNN Training
    22 Sep 2018

    Chassis Brainstorming
    22 Sep 2018

    Meeting Log
    22 Sep 2018

    Autonomous Path Planning
    26 Sep 2018

    Hanging Hook Prototype
    26 Sep 2018

    Meeting Log
    28 Sep 2018

    BigWheel Chassis
    29 Sep 2018

    CNN Training Program
    29 Sep 2018

    Intake Sorter
    29 Sep 2018

    Designing Wheel Mounts
    29 Sep 2018

    Iron Reign Grants!
    30 Sep 2018

    Designing the Corn Cob Aligner
    05 Oct 2018

    Corn-Cob Intake
    06 Oct 2018

    Team Marker Fun
    06 Oct 2018

    Another Design Bites the Dust
    06 Oct 2018

    Labelling Minerals - CNN
    06 Oct 2018

    Meeting Log
    06 Oct 2018

    Upgrading to FTC SDK version 4.0
    06 Oct 2018

    Mining Base 2.0
    07 Oct 2018

    Project Management
    10 Oct 2018

    BigWheel+
    13 Oct 2018

    Developing a CNN
    13 Oct 2018

    Meeting Log
    13 Oct 2018

    Recruitment Update
    13 Oct 2018

    SEM STEM Spark Preparation
    13 Oct 2018

    SEM STEM Spark
    13 Oct 2018

    Travis High School Night
    16 Oct 2018

    Mini Mecanum Chassis
    19 Oct 2018

    MXP Expansion - $150,000 Grant
    20 Oct 2018

    Rewriting CNN
    20 Oct 2018

    Intake Update
    20 Oct 2018

    Meeting Log
    20 Oct 2018

    Off-Schedule Meeting Log
    23 Oct 2018

    DISD Scrimmage at Hedrick MS
    27 Oct 2018

    Dallas Chamber Leadership Council
    30 Oct 2018

    BigWheel Arm
    02 Nov 2018

    Full Circle
    02 Nov 2018

    Meeting Log
    03 Nov 2018

    Pose BigWheel
    03 Nov 2018

    Torque Calculations
    03 Nov 2018

    Linear Slide Lift
    04 Nov 2018

    RIP CNN
    04 Nov 2018

    BigWheel Upgrades
    05 Nov 2018

    SEM Robotics Tournament
    07 Nov 2018

    Conrad Qualifier
    10 Nov 2018

    Inspire at Conrad Qualifier
    10 Nov 2018

    Code Post-Mortem after Conrad Qualifier
    10 Nov 2018

    Materials Testing Planning
    16 Nov 2018

    Conrad Qualifier Post Mortem - Short Term
    17 Nov 2018

    Meeting Log
    17 Nov 2018

    Mentoring SchimRobots at Rice MS Tournament
    17 Nov 2018

    Chassis Mark Two Planning
    20 Nov 2018

    Conrad Qualifier Post Mortem - Long Term
    20 Nov 2018

    C.A.R.T. Bot Side Shields
    01 Dec 2018

    Agenda for Dallas Personal Robotics Group
    01 Dec 2018

    Friction Coefficient and Energy
    01 Dec 2018

    Meeting Log
    01 Dec 2018

    Selecting Lift System
    01 Dec 2018

    Linear Nylon Strength Test
    02 Dec 2018

    Code Issues Break the Superman Arm
    02 Dec 2018

    Arm Repairs
    06 Dec 2018

    Rotational Nylon Wear Test
    07 Dec 2018

    Presenting to the DPRG
    08 Dec 2018

    DPRG Vision Presentation
    08 Dec 2018

    Townview Qualifier 2018 - Setting Up
    14 Dec 2018

    Helping PiGuardians with Code
    15 Dec 2018

    Townview Qualifier 2018 - The Day Of
    15 Dec 2018

    Selecting Intake System
    20 Dec 2018

    REV Headquarters Visit
    21 Dec 2018

    End of TIG Welding
    21 Dec 2018

    The Return of BatteryBox
    22 Dec 2018

    BigWheel Arm Locks
    22 Dec 2018

    Scoring Mechanism
    22 Dec 2018

    Meeting Log
    22 Dec 2018

    Creating Side-Latches
    26 Dec 2018

    Meeting Log - Dec. 19, 2018
    29 Dec 2018

    Refactoring Vision Code
    29 Dec 2018

    OpenCV Support
    31 Dec 2018

    Teammember Statistics Update
    01 Jan 2019

    Off-Schedule Meeting Log, Winter Edition
    03 Jan 2019

    Debug OpenCV Errors
    03 Jan 2019

    Auto Paths
    04 Jan 2019

    Modeling Slide Barriers
    04 Jan 2019

    Meeting Log
    05 Jan 2019

    Issues with Driving
    05 Jan 2019

    Latch Model
    06 Jan 2019

    Vision Summary
    06 Jan 2019

    Minor Code Change
    11 Jan 2019

    Meeting Log
    12 Jan 2019

    Code Updates
    13 Jan 2019

    Belt Drive
    14 Jan 2019

    Designing Side Shields
    14 Jan 2019

    Selective Intake
    17 Jan 2019

    Pool Noodle Intake
    18 Jan 2019

    Wylie East Qualifier 2019
    19 Jan 2019

    Competition Day Code
    19 Jan 2019

    Tokens!
    23 Jan 2019

    Three SEM Robotics Teams have now advanced to the FTC North Texas Regional Championship!
    26 Jan 2019

    Meeting Log
    26 Jan 2019

    Wylie East Postmortem
    26 Jan 2019

    Latch Updates
    26 Jan 2019

    Road to Regionals
    27 Jan 2019

    Superman Calculations
    28 Jan 2019

    Gearkeepers
    29 Jan 2019

    Intake Omnis
    29 Jan 2019

    Mechanical Depositing
    01 Feb 2019

    STEM Expo Preparation
    01 Feb 2019

    Latch V.3.5 Assembly
    01 Feb 2019

    Fixing Mineral Dropper Components
    02 Feb 2019

    Meeting Log
    02 Feb 2019

    DISD STEM Expo
    02 Feb 2019

    Code Updates
    02 Feb 2019

    Drive Testing at STEM Expo
    02 Feb 2019

    Latch 2.0 - Forged in Flame
    06 Feb 2019

    Meeting Log
    09 Feb 2019

    Woodrow Wilson Scrimmage
    09 Feb 2019

    Autonomous Non-Blocking State Machines
    09 Feb 2019

    Bigwheel Model
    10 Feb 2019

    BigWheel Upgrades
    10 Feb 2019

    Pulley Spacers
    13 Feb 2019

    Control Mapping
    14 Feb 2019

    Robot Issues - Gear Grinding
    14 Feb 2019

    Research Poster
    15 Feb 2019

    Elbow Rebuild
    16 Feb 2019

    Meeting Log
    16 Feb 2019

    Latch Designs - A Retrospective
    19 Feb 2019

    Off-Schedule Meeting Log - Week before Regionals
    19 Feb 2019

    Big Wheel Articulations
    20 Feb 2019

    Cart Hack
    20 Feb 2019

    Up-to-Date Bigwheel Model
    21 Feb 2019

    How to connect gamepads directly to RC phone without a DS phone
    21 Feb 2019

    Wylie Regionals 2019
    23 Feb 2019

    SEM FTC Robotics advances to State and Worlds Championships
    24 Feb 2019

    Meeting Log
    02 Mar 2019

    North Texas Regional Postmortem
    02 Mar 2019

    Road to Worlds Document
    02 Mar 2019

    Code Refactor
    08 Mar 2019

    Issues with Driving
    08 Mar 2019

    Off-Schedule Meeting Log - Spring Break
    08 Mar 2019

    Localization
    09 Mar 2019

    DPRG Visit 2.0
    10 Mar 2019

    Planning Sessions
    10 Mar 2019

    VEX 393 Motor Testing
    13 Mar 2019

    Balancing Robot
    15 Mar 2019

    FIRST in Texas Grant
    16 Mar 2019

    Meeting Log
    16 Mar 2019

    Balancing Robot Updates
    16 Mar 2019

    New Robot Base - Icarus
    19 Mar 2019

    Finishing Icarus' Base
    20 Mar 2019

    Meeting Log
    20 Mar 2019

    Meeting Log
    22 Mar 2019

    Bill of Materials
    23 Mar 2019

    Intake Speed
    23 Mar 2019

    Meeting Log
    23 Mar 2019

    New Elbow
    23 Mar 2019

    Updated Meetinglog Template
    23 Mar 2019

    Constructing Icarus' Elbow
    24 Mar 2019

    Icarus' Superman Arm
    25 Mar 2019

    Meeting Log
    28 Mar 2019

    Icarus Code Support
    29 Mar 2019

    Reverse Articulations
    29 Mar 2019

    Center of Gravity calculations
    30 Mar 2019

    Icarus' Arms
    31 Mar 2019

    Connecting the Hook to a Servo
    01 Apr 2019

    Project Management Mentorship
    01 Apr 2019

    Wiring Icarus
    01 Apr 2019

    MXP Expansion
    02 Apr 2019

    Intake Flappers
    04 Apr 2019

    UIL 2019
    06 Apr 2019

    Assisting Mechanicats with Code
    06 Apr 2019

    Code updates at UIL
    06 Apr 2019

    UIL 2019 Postmortem
    07 Apr 2019

    New Superman Arm
    07 Apr 2019

    Intake Update
    08 Apr 2019

    Machining Gears for Superman
    08 Apr 2019

    Ninja Flex Intake V2
    09 Apr 2019

    Final Gantt Chart
    10 Apr 2019

    Control Hub First Impressions
    10 Apr 2019

    Auto Paths, Updated
    12 Apr 2019

    Meeting Log
    13 Apr 2019

    REV Beta Test
    13 Apr 2019

    Project Management Post-Mortem
    15 Apr 2019

    Worlds Day 1
    18 Apr 2019

    Worlds Day 2
    19 Apr 2019

    Worlds Day 3
    20 Apr 2019

    Worlds Day 4
    21 Apr 2019

    Discover Summer Fair
    27 Apr 2019

    DPRG RoboRama Prep
    10 May 2019

    DPRG RoboRama Competition
    11 May 2019

    Meeting Log
    08 Jun 2019

    Leg Drive Prototype
    15 Jun 2019

    Frontiers Of Flight Museum Outreach
    22 Jun 2019

    Discovery Faire at the Frontiers of Flight Museum Prep
    06 Jul 2019

    Discovery Faire at Central Library
    13 Jul 2019

    SuperMan Wheel Fix
    13 Jul 2019

    Moonday
    20 Jul 2019

    SEM Nest Camp
    31 Jul 2019

    Mayor’s Back to School Fair
    02 Aug 2019

    Letters to Congressional Representatives
    03 Aug 2019

    Sustainability Goals
    17 Aug 2019

    Fixing Mini-Mech
    23 Aug 2019

    Online Planning Session
    31 Aug 2019

    RIP Big Wheel
    01 Sep 2019

    2019-20 Recruitment
    04 Sep 2019

    FTC Skystone Kickoff
    07 Sep 2019

    Modelling a Points System
    07 Sep 2019

    Aaron’s Super Cool Gripper That Works 100% Of The Time
    07 Sep 2019

    Wheel Gripper
    07 Sep 2019

    Robot in Two Days - Day One
    07 Sep 2019

    Rack and Pinion Gripper
    07 Sep 2019

    Mentoring Rookie Team Wattever
    08 Sep 2019

    Parallel Gripper
    08 Sep 2019

    Ri2D Code
    08 Sep 2019

    Robot in 2 Days - Day Two
    08 Sep 2019

    Robot in 2 Days Grippers Comparison
    09 Sep 2019

    Field Set-Up
    13 Sep 2019

    Test Driving New Robot
    14 Sep 2019

    New Recruits for the 2019-2020 Season
    14 Sep 2019

    Meeting Log
    21 Sep 2019

    P.A.U.L
    21 Sep 2019

    Skystone Gripper Version 2
    24 Sep 2019

    TomBot CAD
    28 Sep 2019

    Recruitment Update
    28 Sep 2019

    Modeling Planetary Gears
    02 Oct 2019

    Fixing the Mechanum Chassis
    05 Oct 2019

    Preparing for the Meeting with Representative Colin Allred's Office
    05 Oct 2019

    Presenting to Representative Colin Allred's Office
    10 Oct 2019

    Gripper Testing
    10 Oct 2019

    Autonomous and TomBot Robot
    11 Oct 2019

    FrankenDroid - TPM Calibration
    11 Oct 2019

    Beginning Auto Stone
    12 Oct 2019

    Discuss the Impact of Our Robot in 2 Days Reveal Video
    12 Oct 2019

    Auto Path 1
    12 Oct 2019

    TomBot Progress
    12 Oct 2019

    Dr. Woodie Flowers, in Memoriam
    12 Oct 2019

    Coding 10/19/19 (Putting meat on the skeleton)
    19 Oct 2019

    Investing in a CNC Router
    20 Oct 2019

    Control Mapping
    25 Oct 2019

    Driving at the Hedrick Scrimmage
    26 Oct 2019

    First Season Scrimmage at Hedrick MS
    26 Oct 2019

    Coding Before Scrimmage
    26 Oct 2019

    TomBot Suspension
    26 Oct 2019

    Hedrick Scrimmage - Code
    26 Oct 2019

    Ordering a Slip Ring
    26 Oct 2019

    Updating TomBot's model
    27 Oct 2019

    Round Chassis Assembly
    02 Nov 2019

    Transition from Expansion Hub to Control Hub
    02 Nov 2019

    Stub Gripper
    02 Nov 2019

    Turn-table Assembly
    02 Nov 2019

    3-Fingered Gripper
    09 Nov 2019

    Gripper Iterations Summary
    09 Nov 2019

    CNC Turntable Mounts
    10 Nov 2019

    Mounting the Slip Ring
    10 Nov 2019

    Responding to Girl Scouts of Desert Southwest
    13 Nov 2019

    Logarithmic Spiral Design
    15 Nov 2019

    Presenting Our Engineering Notebook
    16 Nov 2019

    Woodrow Scrimmage
    16 Nov 2019

    Linear Slides on TomBot
    19 Nov 2019

    Coding TomBot
    20 Nov 2019

    Morph Chart
    20 Nov 2019

    Last Minute Code Changes
    22 Nov 2019

    Night Before Competition Build
    22 Nov 2019

    Match Play at Allen Qualifier
    23 Nov 2019

    Allen Qualifier
    23 Nov 2019

    Inspire at Allen
    24 Nov 2019

    Build Post-Mortem
    24 Nov 2019

    Drive Issues at Allen Qualifier
    25 Nov 2019

    Post-Qualifier Code Debugging
    25 Nov 2019

    Mentoring FTC Team 6964 Igutech
    26 Nov 2019

    Swivel Mount
    26 Nov 2019

    Finger Gripper Version 2
    26 Nov 2019

    Adding to TomBot model
    27 Nov 2019

    Allen Qualifier Post Mortem - Code
    27 Nov 2019

    SEM Robotics Tournament
    27 Nov 2019

    Finger Gripper Version 3 CAD
    28 Nov 2019

    Creating a Robot Handle
    29 Nov 2019

    Bill of Materials
    30 Nov 2019

    Capstone Version 3
    30 Nov 2019

    Short-term Post-Mortem Talks
    30 Nov 2019

    Allen Qualifier Post Mortem
    07 Dec 2019

    Capstone Iterations
    07 Dec 2019

    Future TomBot Articulations
    07 Dec 2019

    Townview Qualifier 2019 - Set Up
    13 Dec 2019

    Townview Qualifier 2019 - The Day Of
    14 Dec 2019

    Third Annual Townview Tournament a Success!
    15 Dec 2019

    Turret IMU Code
    22 Dec 2019

    Finger Gripper Version 4 CAD
    25 Dec 2019

    Materials Test Planning
    26 Dec 2019

    Code Developments 12/28
    28 Dec 2019

    Extend to Tower Height and Retract from Tower
    28 Dec 2019

    Testing Friction Coefficient
    28 Dec 2019

    Sliding Foundation Grabber
    28 Dec 2019

    Finger Gripper Version 2.1
    29 Dec 2019

    Last Coding Session of the Decade
    30 Dec 2019

    Assembling the Turntable Bevel Gears for a REV Motor
    31 Dec 2019

    FIRST in Texas Grants
    31 Dec 2019

    Control Mapping v2
    01 Jan 2020

    Calculating Torque at the Elbow
    01 Jan 2020

    Logarithmic Spiral Update
    02 Jan 2020

    Modeling TomBot Articulations
    02 Jan 2020

    Calculating Torque at the Drive-Train
    02 Jan 2020

    Calculating Torque at the Turn-table
    02 Jan 2020

    STEM Expo Preparation
    03 Jan 2020

    Testing Two Drivers
    04 Jan 2020

    Driver Optimization Developments 5/1
    05 Jan 2020

    Drive Practice 1/6
    06 Jan 2020

    Dissecting the Turret
    09 Jan 2020

    Finger Gripper Morph Chart
    10 Jan 2020

    Match Play at UME prep. Qualifier
    11 Jan 2020

    UME Qualifier
    11 Jan 2020

    Growing Pains and Reigns
    16 Jan 2020

    DISD STEM Expo 2020
    18 Jan 2020

    Auto Developments at the STEM Expo
    18 Jan 2020

    Code Changes At STEM Expo
    18 Jan 2020

    Snapdragon - The Beginning
    19 Jan 2020

    Engineering Notebook Binder CAD
    20 Jan 2020

    Snapdragon - The Sequel
    24 Jan 2020

    Coding the Snapdragon Gripper
    25 Jan 2020

    UME Prep Qualifier Cumulative Post-Mortem
    25 Jan 2020

    TomBot Calibration Sequence
    31 Jan 2020

    Preparing for the Meeting with Deloitte
    31 Jan 2020

    Updated Bill of Materials
    01 Feb 2020

    Preparation for the Dallas Personal Robotics Group Meeting
    01 Feb 2020

    Friction Coefficient and Energy
    02 Feb 2020

    Post UME Drive Changes
    02 Feb 2020

    Cumulative Drive Test Log 2/3 - 2/6
    06 Feb 2020

    OpenCV Grip Pipeline
    06 Feb 2020

    Presenting to Deloitte
    07 Feb 2020

    Control And Vision DPRG Presentation
    08 Feb 2020

    Presenting to the DPRG
    08 Feb 2020

    Final Weekend Before Regionals - Meeting Log
    08 Feb 2020

    Designing a New Build Plate
    09 Feb 2020

    Big Thoughts for xPansion
    09 Feb 2020

    Research Poster
    09 Feb 2020

    Spicy Side Shields
    10 Feb 2020

    Milling The Side Shields
    14 Feb 2020

    The Night Before Regionals - Code
    14 Feb 2020

    Wylie Regionals 2020
    15 Feb 2020

    Driving at Regionals
    15 Feb 2020

    Match Play at North Texas Regional Championship
    15 Feb 2020

    Wylie East Regional Qualifier Code Post-Mortem
    15 Feb 2020

    The Revenge of TomBot
    16 Feb 2020

    Meeting Log Post Regionals
    22 Feb 2020

    Wylie East Regionals Post Mortem
    22 Feb 2020

    CNC a New Polycarb Robot Base
    24 Feb 2020

    TomBot v2- Gripper Triggers
    25 Feb 2020

    Code Changes The Week Before Regionals
    28 Feb 2020

    Narrowing Down the Configuration of the New Vehicle
    11 Apr 2020

    Robot in 2 Days - But in CAD
    14 Sep 2020