Rack and Roll 2007

Rack and Roll 2007

Fire Pig Rack and Roll 2007 Probably Bacon’s most successful robot to date, Fire Pig, was built in 2007 as a collaboration with team 1369 (Minotaur) from Tampa. The robots were designed to play the game ‘Rack and Roll’, a game kind of like Tic-Tac-Toe (if the x’s and...

Outreach 2007

Outreach 2007 All things bacon!  Bacon works very hard to spread the message of FIRST throughout the year. Here are some of our outreach events of 2007: Lockheed Martin “take your child to work day” Florida VEX State Competition Siemens INCOSE Learning...
Aim High 2006

Aim High 2006

Our First Robot Aim High 2006 Exploding Bacon’s first ever robot. Built in a mentors garage in 2006 with a drill press, a borrowed chopsaw (yes, chopsaw) and a small amount of hand tools. Designed to play the game ‘Aim High’ this 100 (eventually 119) pound machine was...

Outreach 2006

Outreach 2006  ​All things bacon!  Cheney Elementary Hands-on Science Lesson In 2006 Exploding Bacon partnered with Chick Fil A and Cheney Elementary by making science exciting for the third grade.  Once a month our students would visit the school and present a...