Albany Day 3
Our last competition day was an amazing experience! We made it to the semi finals and had an amazing alliance. Unfortunately, we did run...
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- Apr 1
Safety Award
As of today, our safety captain, Hannah Tomas, won the Safety All-Star Award. Congrats Hannah!!!
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- Apr 1
Albany Day 2
Our second day of competition proved to be even better than the first! We made nearly every point we went for as well as managed to...
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- Mar 31
Albany Day 1
Our first day at Albany was a huge success! With our new strategies, practice matches were a breeze. Can't wait for day 2!
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- Mar 30
Gracious Professionalism Award
At the end of our HOFSTRA competition, 263 was awarded the Gracious Professionalism Award! A few things that helped contribute were...
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- Mar 30
HOFSTRA Day 3
263 was able to make it to the semi-finals and did a great job! Our scouts, pit, and drive team did an amazing job! Can't wait for Albany!
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- Mar 25
HOFSTRA Day 2
Today was the second day of our competition! It was a bit of a bumpy start, but by the end we fixed many of the kinks. Can't wait for...
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- Mar 24
HOFSTRA Day 1
Today was 263's first day of competition! We had loads of fun and met tons of new people! We're off to a good start and can't wait to...
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- Mar 16
Fine Tuning
Lots of fine tuning to improve speed and reliability. We are moving forward and will have every aspect of the bot ready for competition...
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- Mar 12
Crisis Averted
We were adding the finishing touches on our robot after weeks of working on it, when the welding on the elevator snapped, much to our...
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- Mar 3
Back at it!
After a week off for spring break sachem aftershock is back at it! We are nearing the end of our robot and are adding the final touches
sachemrobotics
- Feb 13
Getting Close
The robot is taking shape and the different components are meshing together. We are getting very close to completion of the design and...
sachemrobotics
- Feb 12
Moving on up
install of finalized components. Close to final testing of mechanisms. We are making progress.
sachemrobotics
- Feb 10
Evolution
We are in the final stages of robot construction. Our subsystems are complete and we have begun mounting our subsystems. Our programing...
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- Feb 1
Coming together
Nearly every prototype is now maturing and finalizing and 263 is nearly ready begin putting together the pieces! Everything is coming...
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- Jan 24
Rising to the top
This week, we advanced our ball pickup and elevator design. Some of the prototypes were also converted to metal. The swerve drive was...
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- Jan 15
Prototype Frenzy
During our first week of build season, Sachem Aftershock has made several successful prototypes. We also have been working more the the...
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- Jan 9
Kickoff Day #2
Today we talked more about gameplay as well as started to come up with mechanisms. We also completed the swerve drive! Meaning we have a...
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- Jan 8
Kickoff Day #1
Today the robotics team got together for the announcement of this years game! We worked together to discuss potential gameplay...
sachemrobotics
- Nov 6, 2022
BIG W
Another great competition. Full day of competition, robot worked flawlessly, climbed to the top every time and alliance champs.
sachemrobotics
- Dec 10, 2021
Your Future Awaits
Bill Hayes from Retlif Testing Laboratories (A long time sponsor) paid us a visit at our robotics lab. Retlif is offering our veteran...
sachemrobotics
- Mar 7, 2020
"Always in motion is the future." -Yoda
This week we have been able to start testing all of our robot's mechanisms on the various field elements. The majority of our test period...
sachemrobotics
- Mar 2, 2020
“I won’t fail you. I’m not afraid.” -Luke Skywalker
This was a great week for us. We got our robot assembled and did some test driving and shooting. The shooting was very consistent, and...
sachemrobotics
- Feb 26, 2020
"I can fix this." -Poe Dameron
After a week off of building for winter break, we are now back in action. While we were gone, Liberty Welding and Repair Corp. welded...
sachemrobotics
- Feb 4, 2020
"You know, sometimes I amaze even myself." -Han Solo
This past week and a half has been our most productive yet! We have our finalized ball shooter mounted to our storage mechanism and are...
sachemrobotics
- Jan 20, 2020
“Stay on target.” – Gold Five
Sachem Aftershock has been very busy during Week Two of Build Season. Aside from finishing another field element, we have now progressed...
sachemrobotics
- Jan 14, 2020
“Truly wonderful the mind of a child is." -Yoda
These past couple years Sachem Aftershock has opened up the opportunity of being on the high school robotics team to some gifted middle...
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- Jan 7, 2020
“This is a new day, a new beginning.” – Ahsoka Tano
A new build season is upon us. Saturday, January 6th, 2020, over fifty Sachem students huddled within the high school's Little Theater. A...
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- Sep 18, 2019
Fresh Faces
Yesterday, we had our first meeting with some of the new members of Sachem Aftershock's 2019-2020 season!
sachemrobotics
- Feb 15, 2019
Great leaders inspire greatness in others
As build season comes to a close, we would like to take a minute and thank our mentors.
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- Feb 5, 2019
"A Jedi gains power through understanding." -Senator Palpatine
We currently have a sub-team working on our climbing mechanism.
sachemrobotics
- Jan 23, 2019
"Always remember, your focus determines your reality." -Qui-Gon Jinn
Week two has shown exponential growth in terms of productivity.
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- Jan 15, 2019
"Do or do not. There is no try" -Yoda
Team 263 is preparing for launch into Deep Space.
sachemrobotics
- Jan 9, 2019
To Infinity and Beyond!!!
Last Saturday, Team 263 packed into the Little Theater, eager to find out this year's game.
sachemrobotics
- Feb 7, 2018
Another Day of Nailing it!
It's Wednesday, February 7th—over 4 weeks into our build season.
sachemrobotics
- Feb 5, 2018
Elevating Ourselves to the Top
With over two hours left in today's meeting, our elevator is nearly complete.
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- Feb 4, 2018
Preparing for the Rampage!
With the aforementioned setbacks, we continue to push forward, even with the longevity of our work at the moment.
sachemrobotics
- Feb 3, 2018
Moving Beyond Setbacks!
Despite the constant setbacks, our team has remained positive.
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- Feb 2, 2018
Winning just might cost an arm and a leg
Today in robotics, we can see a mixture of building and learning.
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- Feb 1, 2018
Hard work in Software
On this first day of February, the software team is busy with all sorts of projects!
sachemrobotics
- Jan 28, 2018
Build-a-Bot
With the start of Week 3, Sachem Aftershock has moved on from creating prototypes to building parts for the final robot.
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- Jan 17, 2018
Team 263 Is Having An "Uplifting" Experience
Week Two is coming to an end.
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- Jan 15, 2018
Testing 1... 2... 3...
Today, all of Aftershock's hardworking team members are bustling about, testing all of our ideas for the upcoming events.
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- Jan 14, 2018
Power Up: Week One COMPLETE!
At the end of Week One, the drive-base has been completed, and the team is making progress in building our prototypes.
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- Jan 11, 2018
Power Up: Week One Progress
In these past two days, team members have been working diligently on prototypes for this year’s game.
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- Dec 17, 2017
Working Together
For the past two weekends, the team has joined together to raise funds for this season.
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- Nov 28, 2017
Pre-Season
There 38 days, 16 hours and 49 minutes till kickoff, and things have been busy.
sachemrobotics
- Apr 6, 2017
SBPLI Long Island Regional Champions!
The alliance of teams 263, 1156 and 329 took Long Island by storm and won the SBPLI regional.
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