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Crescent School's Robotics Program is the envy of many schools, and has become a signature hallmark of Crescent. It is also an expensive program to implement and maintain. In order to ensure the program's ongoing success and sustainability,  Crescent is seeking modest financial support from the parents of those in the Robotics Program,

and from the Crescent community. You might wish to provide a tax-deductible donation to help support the operational costs of the program. Please contact John Lynch, Director of Advancement, at (416) 466-4290 ext 242 or jlynch@crescentschool.org to discuss how your family can support Robotics with a tax-deductible gift. Thank you!

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our contestfirst place prize - premium spirit packagesecond place prize - spirit packagethird place prize - three buttons

the questions:what is the team’s official mascot? when was the last time 610 won the chairman’s award?what was the first frc event 610 attended?which 610 mentors have won the woodie flowers award, and in what years did they win?

contest rules:to be eligible to win you must ‘like’ the team 610 facebook page

to win a prize, send your answers to contestteam610@gmail.com

we will have a contest in all remaining issues of the newsletter

those who participate in at least three weekly contests until the final issue will have their names put forth to win an official 610 jersey

the contents of the awards:premium spirit package: team 610 hat, three rally towels, three buttonsspirit package: three rally towels, three buttonsthree buttons: self-explanatory

students, mentors, and alumni of 610 cannot win a prize

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The Administrative, Business, and Spirit divisions are overseeing the awards that Team 610 is eligible to win this year. This season, the members of the awards team are focusing most of their efforts on the Chairman’s and Engineering Inspiration awards. Both of these awards have the potential to qualify the team for the FIRST Championship, and are therefore a large priority for the team. The importance of these awards has warranted a huge amount of effort from every member of the awards divison. The Business team has been focusing on the Essay aspect of the Chairman’s Award, and the Administrative division is planning the Chairman’s video. The Spirit division is controlling all aspects of the Engineering Inspiration award, and they are also working on a plan that will improve our team spirit at competitions. Every student working on these awards are very optimistic about our chances of winning. They hope they can join the robot in bringing some hardware back to Crescent.

This year, the Spirit Division was created in order to improve team spirit in and out of competitions. The team decided that Jordan Grant would best fit the role of Spirit Division head. Jordan exemplifies team 610 Spirit, spreading the team’s news around the school, and being a positive role model in the stands at competitions. So far in the Spirit Division’s rookie season, Jordan has organized and coordinated the design process behind the team’s new hoodies, hats, and discs. He has also played a large part in contributing to the Engineering Inspiration award.

Early in the season, Jordan chose Jonathan Pearce for the role of assistant head of the Spirit Division. Jonathan has assisted Jordan throughout the season with all of the Spirit Division’s projects, including apparel and Engineering Inspiration. Jonathan will be a necessity in the stands to get people up and out of their seats when 610 is ready to compete.

During the build season, there is a lot of coordination that needs to be done in all aspects of the team, and usually this responsibility falls to Kevin Chien. Kevin is a key member of the robotics teams as head of the Administrative Division. At the moment, Kevin is currently investing a huge amount of time into planning and organizing the Chairman’s video. Throughout the build season, Kevin sends out hundreds of e-mails, coordinating everything from team meetings to communication with other teams from across North America. During competitions, Kevin will be the head scouter, coordinating all scouts on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in order to help the strategy division make the correct choices come alliance selection.

Jason Spevack, the assistant head of the administrative and business divisions, is

a man of many traits. Jason is known for handling a large array of tasks throughout the year. During the build season, Jason organizes and puts the newsletter together every week. Jason also assists Kevin in the planning and execution of the

Chairman’s video. This year he was able to organize the cameras and

lighting for our Chairman’s video. At competitions, Jason is our head

photographer, taking pictures of every robot at the competition for later reference during our scouting meetings. Every Saturday at the competitions, Jason takes videos of our elimination matches that are later posted onto our team’s YouTube account.

Ian Ko is the head of the Business Division on team 610. His job not only entails responsibilities during the build season, but after and before as well. Ian is always searching and reaching out to local businesses and companies for sponsorships. He also helps manage the Facebook page and website for the team. Ian is constantly spreading the word about our FRC team around Crescent School through announcements and creative posters. He is one the most ambitious members of the robotics team, and is always striving to achieve greater things.

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How can a team be successful at Ultimate Ascent? First, you have to know the rules. You have to analyze the game. You have to strategize. The beginning of the build season started with three important things. The first was learning the rules, which was necessary in order to create the Textbook Strategy – a second by second breakdown of our match including

what we would try to accomplish and how to do go about it. Based on this very comprehensive strategy guide, we had to outline what we wanted our robot to do, a list divided between wants and needs. With all these things in mind, we started designing the robot in SolidWorks.

week 1strategize

build-season re-cap wk1-2

week 2design

The next step marked the beginning of the design process. The team was divided into groups that would build prototypes and start CADing the various subsystems of the robot. This was a lengthy stage of the process, as we had to choose which solutions and designs would best accomplish the game’s challenges. Prototypes for feeders, shooters and hangers were made, all bringing us a step closer to deciding on our final

design. Parts were modeled in SolidWorks, and the lab was in a flurry as ideas and students flew around the room. Slowly but surely, the ideas narrowed down, and prototypes were refined. Once some major decisions had been made, final parts were designed and prepared for fabrication.

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Part by part, our mentors approve our designs, bringing us closer and closer to finishing the robot. Visual Mill files are sent to our CNC router, holes are cut on the mill; the robot comes together piece by piece. Students use skills learned from grades 9, 11 and 12 Tech Design classes to build the robot. Skills in and outside the workshop are necessary to build a

robust, well-functioning robot. Our team tries to make every part that we can here in our workshop, which helps students become comfortable with the machines, gives hands on experience, and creates a more enriching experience for each and every student.

week 3fabricate

build-season re-cap wk3-4

week 4refine

As the robot is being constructed, we will inevitably encounter various issues with it, or design changes that require reconstruction. Because of that, the robot is constantly being refined to meet the demands of the team. Our goal of building

a world-class robot can only be achieved by constant re-iteration, an important step in the design process. For the remainder of the season, we will be building and rebuilding our robot in an attempt to create our best robot to date.

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our home...

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week 4 photos

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newsletter made possible bySeto Family Pearce FamilyRavindran Family Spevack FamilyRiley Family DiMenna FamilyRose Family Lang FamilyLiu Family Chien FamilyGanguli Family Harrs FamilyDhar Family Haughton FamilyBianchini Family McCauley FamilyMenon Family Kachura Family

we would like to thank all of our parent sponsors for donating food

BAE Granite State Regional February 27 – March 3

Manchester, NH

Waterloo Regional (parents welcome) March 20 – March 23

Waterloo, ON

competition dates