2014 Season is under way!

Team 156 RPM's 2014 season is officially underway! Downstairs, our build team is working hard on prototyping mechanisms to pick up a 2-foot diameter ball, as well as mechanisms to throw this ball. As prototyping progresses, we have discovered one design that throws well, one design that doesn't work as well, and we have one more design in the process of being assembled. The first two designs involved pneumatic (air) cylinders and a rectangular frame for the ball to sit on. The third design involves a chain on a gear-type wheel. As the chain spins the wheel, an arm goes up. Upstairs, our chairmen's award essays and summaries are almost complete, and our website is almost ready to publish! As we prepare for the Greater Pittsburgh Regional, our team is busy, busy, busy!!