Hey everyone!

FYRE is participating in the Dolan Auto Group Class Project which is a fundraising activity hosted by the Dolan Auto Group that gives $5,000 to 10 projects and $10,000 to one project. We applied for this and made a video detailing the reasons you should vote for us and how rewarding being on FYRE is. This money will help us build our robot and go to competition as well as keep membership on the team free for all students as our yearly budget is about $20,000. To receive the money, however, we have to be in the top ten projects by community votes. Voting closes on the 29th of October, and you can vote once per email address and once per device. Please go to https://www.dolanautogroup.com/class-project/fall-2018.htm and vote for us as much as possible! The screen shown above is where you need to be to vote for us.

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We are holding a garage sale on Saturday, September 29th from 7am to 1pm. It will be held at 4005 Corvallis Drive, Reno, NV near Galena High School, and all proceeds will go towards funding the FYRE Robotics team’s upcoming build season.

We will also be taking donations of items to sell. If you have anything you’d like to give, contact our coach at kerrythmpsn@gmail.com.

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Hey everyone!

As we approach the 2019 season with off-season planning and meetings to discuss team growth, we are also making some changes to the website. As it is under construction, many things may not always be visible or complete. We apologize for the temporary inconvenience. We’re trying to make it better as quickly as possible, so be on the lookout for new posts and photos soon as well as updated team member and sponsor pages!

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Hey everyone!

Last week we attended the Sacramento Regional at UC Davis, and we ended up placing 24th out of 65. We also won the Imagery Award for our theme, mascot, and spirit! We had a great time and surpassed even our own expectations!

Below you can watch some of our notable matches:

Qualification match 40 (we have red bumpers)

Qualification match 83 (we have red bumpers)

Here are some pictures of FYRE throughout competition (click on the pictures to see them with higher quality):

Aurora on the field before a match

Team members and Umlilo dancing with other teams

Our Imagery Award Trophy

The team in front of our pit

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Hey everyone!

On Saturday, we kicked off this year’s build season. Here’s the game animation:

We’re super excited about the game and have been brainstorming like crazy!
Please feel free to visit us during our meetings. The full schedule is on the Schedule/Contact Us page.

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Hey everyone!

Build season is almost here, and kickoff is only in nine days!

We’re powering up our batteries for FIRST® POWER UP. Join us at kickoff on the 6th for the game reveal and an intense day of planning. It will be at 7:00 AM at the Davidson Academy on the second floor of the Jot Travis building at UNR. The address is: 1164 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89503

Here’s the game teaser if you missed it:

See you soon,
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Hey everyone!

We are having a book fair at Barnes and Noble (5555 S Virginia St, Reno, NV 89502) on October 7th and 8th from 9am to 5pm each day. We hope to raise enough money to significantly help pay the costs of competition and build materials.
Come by and get those books you’ve been meaning to get or check out something new. Just tell the cashier you’re supporting FYRE, and we will receive between 10 and 20 percent of the proceeds. Or, you can pick up a bookmark from our table there and show it at check-out. We will be there all day with the robot, a LEGO table, and our mascot. You can also present this voucher at check-out and we will receive proceeds from your purchase:

Additionally, you can buy a special FYRE drink and dessert at the Starbucks inside Barnes and Noble, and the proceeds from those foods will go to us.

Hope to see you there!

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Hey everyone!

We kicked off the off-season with an introductory meeting and a tour of the Tesla Gigafactory 1. In our first meeting on Thursday, we welcomed new members, started learning how to use Solidworks for our designs, and fixed up Leah after competition and travel. The next day, five team members and our head coach took a tour of the under-construction Tesla gigafactory near Fernley along with members of a local FTC team. Here’s us in the lobby:

Keep a lookout for more updates as we move into the off-season and introduce more members and activities!

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FYRE made it back from competition in Sacramento last night, and we did great, surpassing all of our expectations. We had a lot of fun and can’t wait for next year. In the elimination rounds, we were picked to be on an alliance with teams 2141 Spartronics and 1072 Harker Robotics. Together, we made it to the semi-finals! Here’s a picture of our alliance after the competition:

Here are some more pictures from competition:

The drive team before a match:

Umlilo:

Pit crew working on Leah:

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Hey everyone!

We’ve made it through build season with a functioning robot ready for competition! It’s been a great season, and everyone has had a lot of fun. We bagged and tagged the robot yesterday night (put it in a giant bag and zip-tied it shut so we can’t work on it until competition), and we are all very proud of it.

In the last two weeks of build season, we had a lot to do to get ready for Bag and Tag and competition. The winch broke for the third time, so we made it stronger using metal instead of plastic, and we made it lighter for easier climbing. We also installed a passive brake so we can stay at the top of the rope without using any power.

We also did clean up such as making sure all the bolts were tightened down and all the wires were neat. We made sure we were using the right type of rope for optimized climbing, and we fixed up the gear chute so it doesn’t come out if we hit it with the peg when delivering gears.

Additionally, we picked a drive team to run the robot at competition. We are allowed to have up to two drivers, a drive coach to direct the drivers, and two human players to interact with the field elements. Our drivers are Wendy and Matt O., our drive coach is Matt L, and our human players are Sidney and Si Chiang. We had more time to practice driving this year than we have had in previous years, so we are doing well in terms of game strategy and possible point-scoring.

We hope to see you at competition in Sacramento at UC Davis March 24th and 25th!

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