Author Archives: paulperry

We won the Inspire Award at the MA FTC State Tournament!  And we now go the FTC World Championship in St. Louis!  Thank you to MA FTC (on FB), and our sponsors: MIT Lincoln Labs ROLL, and Mathworks, and to the entire FTC community.

We’ve wasted no time in starting off the new season. We have constructed our full field setup, in addition to ordering REAL walls this year! We decided that they would be important since our masonite/PVC walls flex much more than … Continue reading →

This summer, the Pickles will be teaching a course on robotics and engineering. If you live close by and are looking to do some fun and interesting stuff relating to robotics this summer, check it out! Dates:Monday, July 30 – … Continue reading →

While the BU Qualifier happened just a few weeks ago, the State Competition is quickly approaching. With just over a month left to go, the Battery Powered Picklejar Heads are busy preparing for the upcoming event. Are you excited for … Continue reading →

This past Sunday, our team received the Inspire Award at the Boston University High School Qualifier! The event was lots of fun, and we were very pleased with the performance of our robot. The teams who participated in the scrimmage … Continue reading →

On this Friday, December 16th, the Lexington High School team Two Bits and a Byte along with ourselves are hosting a scrimmage. A scrimmage is basically an event where the teams attending will do robot runs with all of the … Continue reading →

Recently (1 week ago) we received an email from the coach of the “Giant Sticky Notes” an FLL team in Newton, MA. They were having problems with reading the colors on the mat with light sensors, despite having multiple years … Continue reading →

Hey Everyone, We’ve made a lot of great progress over the past few weeks with our robot and we’re super excited! This weekend has been a flurry of screws, nuts, washers, and samosas. We’ve just started testing some components of … Continue reading →

Every since the challenged has been released, we have thought up tons of ideas about how to accomplish various tasks around the field. We have decided on the main components for our robot and have now constructed a “first draft” … Continue reading →