Barrow journal. (Winder, Ga.) 2008-2016, January 27, 2016, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 BARROW JOURNAL PAGE 7A RoboClovers take on first Stronghold By Niki Garrett and Camryn Ross F or the 2016 compe tition season, team 5132 is off to a great start on our build season. They are currently work ing on our scale model and our prototype. They have a good idea of what they are wanting to do with our hot and how they are going to achieve this. The 2016 First Robotics Competition (FRC) game, Stronghold, was announced at Georgia Tech on Jan. 9. Our new members are stepping up to the chal lenge of creating a hot as they work together to build the best robot they can. The next six weeks of build season will be fun, but rigorous. However, our team will try our hardest to reach the goals/expec tations they have set for ourselves and the ones the competition has imposed. The Stronghold game consists of different barri ers that you need to cross/ disable in order to weaken the other team’s defenses and to claim and conquer their tower. To weaken the tower, the hot needs to shoot a “boul der” into a goal in either the top or bottom of the castle. When the tower is completely weakened, the hots on the same alliance can surround the castle, capturing it. The robot can be no heavier than 120 lbs. and can’t be taller than 4x6 during the match until the last 20 seconds then they are able to extend and be as tall as needed in order to reach the bar to pull itself up and to claim the oppos ing team’s tower. You are unable to hit any other hots or that is a penalty against your alliance. The different obstacles are needed to cross consist of: Portcullis The Portcullis is an arched gateway with a door that opens when lifted up. Cheval de Frise The Cheval de Frise is a series of four independent ly tilting, weighted poly carbonate platforms. The platforms rotate about a pipe in the middle and are weighted so that they rest on alternate sides. Moat The Moat is a 2-1/2 in. high, 4 ft. 2 in. wide, and 1 ft. 8 in. deep u-shaped channel, formed by vertical rectangular steel tubes. Ramparts The Ramparts are two static, steel ramps, side by side, facing opposite direc tions. Each ramp is 2 ft. wide and 1 ft. 10 in. deep, set at an 8 degree angle. Drawbridge The Drawbridge is an arched gateway with a door that lowers toward the NEUTRAL ZONE, y down, the opening is 3 ft. 6 in. wide and 5 ft. 5-3/4 in. tall (to the top of the center of the arch). The door is sprung so that it will return to a closed position when there is no weight on it. The door can be manipulated at any point, but for refer ence, it takes approximate ly 2 lbs. of force applied at the top edge of the door for it to begin to move. Once moving, the required force increases to a maximum of 5 lbs. Sally Port The Sally Port is a door W’ thick, 4 ft. wide, 2 ft. tall that can only swing toward the NEUTRAL ZONE. The door is sprung so that it will return to a closed position when it is not being held open. A force of approximately 1.5 lbs. must be applied to the outer edge of the door in order for it to open. Rock Wall The Rock Wall is a steel block that is 4 ft. 2 in. wide, 4-1/2 in. deep, and 4-1/2 in. tall. Rough Terrain The Rough Terrain is constructed from thirty-one (31) pieces of square or rectangular steel tubing. That is spaced out in a manner to give the impres sion of a rough rocky ter rain. Low Bar The Low Bar is a flap opening that is 1 ft. 4 in. tall and 3 ft. lOin wide. Platform Platform is a permanent ly installed barrier on the field All of these obstacles can be placed in one of nearly ten-thousand combinations chosen by the audience. The RoboClovers are a partnership between the Barrow County 4-H Club and the Barrow County School System. Sims Academy plays a huge role in where they are able to meet as well as hav ing resources they are able to use otherwise would be without. The facilities they use at Sims Academy allow our team to fully extend our abilities. With the member ship of the three schools (Apalachee, Winder-Bar row, and Sims Academy), they were able to make our team grow. They are also lucky enough to have mentors aid us as well as the teachers who make this team possible. All of these advantages help us greatly and they will surely do our best to use them in our journey through this year. For the 2016 season they have a good mixture of new and returning members: •President, Christian Britton, senior, Apalachee High School •VP of Engineering- Luke Black, senior Wind er-Barrow High School •VP of Business, Jordan Griffin, junior, WBHS •Niki Garrett, senior, AHS •Douglas Richardson, senior, WBHS •Ethan Bayliss, senior, AHS •Austin Lane, junior, WBHS •JP Kaminski, junior, WBHS •Brad Shaw, junior, WBHS •Austin Maddox, junior, WBHS •Jordan Wells, sopho more, AHS •Camryn Ross, fresh man, AHS •Elijah Craig, freshman, AHS •Logan Higden, fresh man, AHS •Brian Lawson, fresh man, AHS They are mentored by: •Curtis Mathis, mecha- tronics instructor at Sims Academy •Steven Griffmg, Engi neering instructor at Sims Academy •Jeffery Beach, engi neering design prototype specialist for Honeywell Aerospace •Jeff Seaman, retired Cisco Systems engineer For more information about Barrow County 4-H and its robotics programs contact the Barrow Coun ty Extension Service at 770-307-3029 or visit their office at 90 Lanthier St. in Winder. The Barrow 4-H staff are County Extension Coor dinator Wanda McLock- lin (wandamc@uga.edu), County Extension Program Assistant Tiffany Coles(t- coles@uga.edu), and AmeriCorps member Jon athan Page(jspage@uga. edu). PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Christian Britton (right) discusses the robot design with 4-H leader Jonathan Page. CHECK IT OUT Curtis Mathis and Austin Lane working in inventor about the build of the robot. January 27, 2016 ~ Crossword Puzzle Headmaster’s Corner Steve Cummings THE BLAME GAME - Does anyone take personal responsibil ity for their actions these days? I seem to read so many stories in which people blame their circum stances, their environment, their upbringing, or other people for their actions. I suppose the most recent, shocking example is Ethan Couch. This 16-year old blamed his parents for spoiling him and then claimed that his “affluenza” caused him to drive drunk and kill 4 people. Of course, humans have been blame-shifting for thousands of years. Just look at Adam and Eve. At ACS, we are trying to teach our students to take personal re sponsibility for their actions. Af ter all, each one of us makes our own choices. ATHENS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL “Affordable Quality Education Since 1970” K3-12TH CALL (706) 549-7586 www.athenschristian.com TEAMWORK Austin Maddox, Elijah Craig and Jordan Wells are shown working on the teams safety animation video. Across 1. Film Music Guild 4. A rubberized raincoat 7. An upper limb 10. Wander 12. Biblical name for Syria 14. Former OSS 15. Norwegian capital 16. No. Am. Gamebird Assoc. 17. Taxis 18. Ancient Chinese weight unit 20. Third tonsil 22. Ancient Hebrew measure = 1.5 gal. 23. Piece of clothing 25. Overrefined, effeminate 28. Housing for electronics 31. Cut grass 32. Ghana’s capital 33. Prof. Inst, of Real Estate 34. Shares a predicament 39. Old World buffalo 40. Loads with cargo 41. What part of (abbr.) 42. Partakers 45. Expressed harsh criticism 49. Doctors’ group 50.0M (var.) 52. A dead body 55. Jewish spiritual leader 57. An almost horizontal entrance to a mine 59. Anglo-Saxon monk (672-736) 60. Database management system 61. A swindle in which you cheat 62. Arabian Gulf 63. Six (Spanish) 64. Price label 65. Black tropical American cuckoo 66. Teletypewriter (abbr.) Down 1. Foam 2. Tessera 3. Major ore source of lead 4. Directors 5.9/11 Memorial architect 6. The goal space in ice hockey 7. The academic world 8. Standing roast 9. More (Spanish) 11. Gram molecule 13. Head of longhair 17. Cost, insurance and freight (abbr.) 19. Line of poetry 21. Originated from 24. One time only 26. A civil wrong 27. Female sheep 29. Bay Area Toll Authority 30. Afrikaans 33. Hold a particular posture 34. South American Indian 35. Paying attention to 36. Wife of a maharaja 37. Mild yellow Dutch cheese 38. Central Br. province in India 39.4th month (abbr.) 43. Grooved carpentry joint 44. Present formally 46. Skeletal muscle 47. -_, denotes past 48. Aba Honeymoon 51. Young lady 53. 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