Daedalus Robotics

On Saturday we got through a run of phase one. We had some difficulties with the vehicles but gained valuable information on how we can improve our RVR and Conex boxes. Next week we hope to complete the whole game!

We are preparing for a full game test next week, which involved rolling out several 30-ft sheets of vinyl. It’s so nice and shiny.... Also, somebody pointed out the epic freeze frame in last week’s video, so have a look at it in picture form.

At seven weeks until qualifiers, we’ve booked our tickets to Dallas and are deep into preparations. Our practice course, a full-scale model of what will be at the competition, is built—check out this video to see it standing up!

Hi everyone! We're back! We’ve been meeting sporadically over the summer, and now that school’s started, we are back in full force preparing for qualifiers in November. The DEXI drone arrived last week; prototyping is well underway and we are hoping to settle on final designs for vehicle attachments soon. Enjoy some pictures!

Lights out on AUVSI Xponential 2024! We are excited to announce that we won the Bell Advanced Vertical Robotics exhibition match continuing our sweep of events we've entered. In total this season we destroyed last year's performance. We won both qualifying events--double qualifying for nationals--and won the national championship in Dallas, TX by over 250 points! Finally, we won the exhibition showcase event here at Xponential! We also had a wonderful opportunity to get hands-on with next year's support drone, DEXI, and meet with its creators, Alex at #ARKElectronics and Bill at #MomentumDrones. We look forward to more exciting STEM challenges at AVR next year! #BellAVR #AUVSIXponential #ArkElectronics #Drones #Robotics

Competition day one at the Bell Advanced Vertical Robotics AUVSI Xponential 2024 Exhibition. We are so ready to compete and show off all the hard work we’ve done. We start our first match after lunch, wish us luck! #BellAVR #robotics #Drones #ros2 #xponential2024

We are pumped to be at the Xponential 2024 global conference on autonomy. We flew into San Diego yesterday and are ready to start tuning out robots for the exhibition tomorrow! We will be competing in the Bell Advanced Vertical Robotics Exhibition showcase next to the VIP club in Xpo Hall this Wednesday and Thursday. Stay tuned for match and build footage! #BellAVR #xponential2024 #drones #robotics

Finally! To Texas, to compete in the Bell Advanced Vertical Robotics National Championship. We finally had our chance to show our hard work throughout the season. At the end of day 1, we were in first place by 20 points, but each team only had one match. On day 2 we took a comfortable lead throughout the day, and ended up with a win! First place overall with a final score of 791, 271 points higher than the second-place team! We found out at the championship that our season isn't over yet though. More info about that to come soon! #robotics #rec #recfoundation #bellavr

Now that we’ve celebrated our success, we’re back at the grind. Last weekend offered us some invaluable insight into what we need to work on and now we’re taking that information and improving everything, as well as working on new features. In two weeks, we’ll be back in Texas for the championship! #BellAVR #Robotics #RECF

Balloons! Confetti! Celebratory barbeque! First place! Yesterday we came in first with a total of 539 points, 66 above second place, Team Appreciate from Westlake HS, who will also be going to finals. Today, we did even better and won our second event with 581 points! We met up with Team Appreciate for a barbeque tonight to celebrate our successes. Next stop Bell AVR Championship! #BELLAVR #ROBOTICS #RECF