by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Jan 21, 2016 | More About Robotics
While it is easy to give a robot the sense of touch and a concept of distance, having robots that can see and process their surroundings would give us a huge advantage with the robots we build and compete with. Every match starts with an autonomous period, where...
by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Jun 16, 2014 | 1902, Exploding Bacon, FIRST, FIRST World Championships, FRC, More About Robotics, Orlando, STEM
It was the night of Roboprom and it was raining, so Exploding Bacon was shuttling the students to Roboprom in a van. I was in the last group, and while waiting for the van to return, Dean Kamen walked by. He did not have time at the moment, but he soon returned, and...
by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Mar 11, 2014 | 1902, Exploding Bacon, More About Robotics, Orlando, STEM
Brendan Radabaugh, FRC Coach of Exploding Bacon 1902, talks about robot game strategy at the Orange County Library System’s Melrose Center for Technology Tech Talk venue.
by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Feb 23, 2014 | 1902, Exploding Bacon, FIRST, FIRST World Championships, FRC, More About Robotics, Orlando
2013 World Championships, Podcast Live at St. Louis: Part 1 In their 16th show, live from the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis, The Fighting Pi interview our very own Sarah and Chandra, along with 1086 – Blue Cheese, 1329 – The RoboRebels, 2252 – The...
by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Feb 21, 2014 | 1902, Exploding Bacon, More About Robotics, Orlando, STEM
Grand Opening video of The Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center for Technology, Innovation and Creativity which shows Exploding Bacon demoing our 2012 and 2013 robots. Exploding Bacon also provided one of the Center’s first Tech Talks on robot design on February 15th...
by Elise Cronin-Hurley | Nov 13, 2013 | 1902, Exploding Bacon, FIRST, More About Robotics, Orlando, STEM
We are proud that our efforts have earned us the distinction of Florida first FRC FIRST Showcase Team for our “extensive and impressive list of outreach participation” for the 2012-13 Season FIRST organized outreach that included: PTC Conference, with...
