Genome Eta (2015) CAD release
Latest complete CAD model of Genome Eta, the Triple Helix robot for the 2015 FIRST Robotics Competition game, RECYCLE RUSH.
Summer 2015 butterfly drivetrain CAD release
2015 summer development project
Butterfly drive
Mode 1: 6 wheeled west coast drive with 4″ colsons
Mode 2: 4 wheel drive with 4″ omni wheels
Command based Java for FRC
Triple Helix mentor Matt Lythgoe presents on command based java programming for FRC. For several years, Triple Helix has presented these two sequential sessions at the annual FRC Workshop event at Virginia Commonwealth University to an audience of other FRC students and mentors.
Triple Helix linear actuator FRC Workshop talk
Triple Helix mentor Todd Ferrante presents on the team’s linear actuator designs at the 2016 FIRST Chesapeake FRC Workshops at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. In the talk, Todd describes the linear actuator design that was used in both our 2015 robot, to raise and lower the cans, and in our 2016 robot, in the climber mechanism. The accompanying video shows examples of this device in action.
Gas-powered robotic ground vehicle talk
Triple Helix students Ben Bretton, Sam Tatum, and Gabe Odachowski present on the team’s summer 2016 project to develop a gas-powered robotic ground vehicle. The talk was given at the FRC Summit at Christopher Newport University to an audience of other Hampton Roads FRC students and mentors.
The Triple Helix mobile, making it loud
What better way to “make it loud” than with a car themed for your robotics team? With a thumping custom audio system, of course…
Genome Zeta (2014) CAD release
Latest complete CAD model of Genome Zeta, the Triple Helix robot for the 2014 FIRST Robotics Competition game, AERIAL ASSIST.
Genome Epsilon (2013) CAD release
Latest complete CAD model of Genome Epsilon, the Triple Helix robot for the 2013 FIRST Robotics Competition game, ULTIMATE ASCENT.
FIRST Chesapeake FRC team map
Triple Helix maintains a Google Map of all FIRST Chesapeake FRC teams.
Chairman’s Award video 2016
This video was provided to judges as part of our submission for the 2016 Chairman’s Award. Triple Helix received the Chairman’s Award at the FIRST Chesapeake District – Hampton Roads event at Churchland High School in Portsmouth. Here’s what the judges had to say about our team:
The Chairman’s Award for our event is the most prestigious award in FIRST. You notice I’m talking about it after the folks who won the event, after all sorts of other awards we just talked about.
It honors a team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the purpose and our goals here at FIRST. The Chairman’s Award is presented to the team judged to have the most significant measurable impact on its partnerships among its participants and its community over a sustained period, not just a single build season.
The winner is able to demonstrate progress towards FIRST’s mission of transforming our culture. The recipient team will be invited to the District Championship where it’s going to compete for the Chairman’s Award against the winners of all the other district qualifying events.
This year’s Chairman’s Award winner embodies the definition of an influencer. They’re a powerful and compelling force that impacts mentors, corporations, local governments, and school boards who are now embracing the values of FIRST and STEM in their communities. It’s clear that they’re living their own words of inspiring young minds of the world to work for their passion by hosting more than 40 demonstrations and partnering with schools, universities, and their sponsoring organizations.
From raising funds by waiting on tables, to organizing and sponsoring a huge offseason FRC event, this team’s DNA has a clear and lasting distinguishment. The next time you’re in Hampton Roads and hear a distinctive Rumble, make no mistake– it’s the positive impact of Team 2363, Triple Helix.