Rack and Roll 2007

Rack and Roll 2007

by | Mar 1, 2007 | Robots

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

by | Jan 1, 2007 | Outreach

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

by | Mar 1, 2006 | Robots

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

by | Jan 1, 2006 | Outreach

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...