Doc Ock arm shaft failure
A shaft within our ‘Doc Ock’ arm failed quite spectacularly in our second qualification match of the 2015 Virginia Regional. Here’s an in-depth look at what happened.
A shaft within our ‘Doc Ock’ arm failed quite spectacularly in our second qualification match of the 2015 Virginia Regional. Here’s an in-depth look at what happened.
Follow Triple Helix’s 2015 build season as we design, fabricate, assemble, and test Genome Eta, the Triple Helix robot for the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition game, RECYCLE RUSH.
Triple Helix mentor Todd Ferrante presents on the team’s west coast drivetrain designs at the 2014 FRC Summit at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. In the talk, Todd describes our efforts to develop a west coast drivetrain, using commercial off the shelf components, for fast building during build season. Our drivetrains have evolved through several generations. Todd describes some of the features of the various versions and talks about lessons learned during the development process.
A report of the lessons learned from the 2014 Rumble in the Roads, a FRC offseason competition. The event was held at a high school in Newport News, VA and attracted 24 teams from Virginia and North Carolina.
Follow Triple Helix’s 2014 build season as we design, fabricate, assemble, and test Genome Zeta, the Triple Helix robot for the 2014 FIRST Robotics Competition game, AERIAL ASSIST.
Reveal video for Genome Epsilon, our robot for the 2013 FIRST Robotics Competition game, Ultimate Ascent.
Follow Triple Helix’s 2013 build season as we design, fabricate, assemble, and test Genome Epsilon, the Triple Helix robot for the 2013 FIRST Robotics Competition game, ULTIMATE ASCENT.
Reveal video for Genome Delta, our robot for the 2012 FIRST Robotics Competition game, REBOUND RUMBLE.
Follow Triple Helix’s 2012 build season as we design, fabricate, assemble, and test Genome Delta, the Triple Helix robot for the 2012 FIRST Robotics Competition game, REBOUND RUMBLE.
Triple Helix is the award-winning competitive robotics team of Menchville High School in Newport News, Virginia. The team competes in the FIRST Robotics Competition as Team 2363. Through our work as a team and our outreach efforts across Hampton Roads, we aim to effect a fundamental change that enables our community’s youth a greater access to science, math, and engineering as possible career choices.