Elise Cronin-Hurley, Author at Exploding Bacon, FIRST Robotics, Team 1902

Rebound Rumble 2012

by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Mar 1, 2012 | Robots

Porcus Magnus Rebound Rumble 2012 Exploding Bacon’s 2012 robot, Porcus Magnus, was built to play Rebound Rumble. Rebound Rumble was a game very similar to basketball. The ends of the field had four basketball hoops, one close to the ground (worth one point), two in...

Outreach 2012

by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Jan 1, 2012 | Outreach

Outreach 2012 All Things Bacon! Jan. – Hosted Central Florida FRC Kickoff with 4 Workshops including Big Bacon Image Workshop Jan. – Exploding Science Jan. – Orlando Science Center Otronicon Jan. – Fox Am News Feb-Mar. – Central Florida...

Logomotion 2011

by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Mar 1, 2011 | Robots

Disco Pig Logomotion 2011 Bacon’s 2011 robot, Disco Pig, looks very familiar doesn’t it… Well that could be for a number of reasons, you could have noticed the similarity to Fire Pig, the four bar linkage grew up a bit, or you saw it on Fox 35 morning news promoting...

Outreach 2011

by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Jan 1, 2011 | Outreach

Outreach 2011 All Things Bacon! Jan – Otronicon Mar -Central Florida Fair Apr – Lockheed, Bring Your Child to Work Day Apr – FIRST Collaborative 11, Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community Apr – Big Bacon Image Workshop,...

Breakaway 2010

by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Mar 1, 2010 | Robots

Bacon Strips Breakaway 2010 Exploding Bacon’s 2010 robot, Bacon Strips, was designed and built to play the game ‘Breakaway’ an adjusted version of soccer. Bacon Strips was fairly simple, a pneumatic cylinder in the center of the robot would stretch some surgical...