Already halfway through the build season, our team is moving forward. The shop is in full force with the mill, CNC, and lathe manufacturing every part. Our 3D printers working on smaller elements with filaments courtesy of our generous sponsor, Polymaker. We are close to handing off the robot to our programmers and electrical teams to get the robot working. Props also to our Impact Award team, who have finished and submitted the Woodie Flowers and Impact Award essays. Not only this, but the Impact presentation is close to completion! See you next week.

It’s week 3, and our three sub-teams are on a roll! The CAD team has finished designs for the overall robot, while drawings have been sent to the machining team, who are diligently working on the mill, lathe, and CNC router. Electrical has been busy finishing up their schematics as well as preparing to take measurements. Meanwhile, programming has nearly completed the vision code and is beginning work on autonomous. Finally, our outreach team has practically finished the Impact Award and Woodie Flowers essays while footage for our Impact Award video is also being filmed. Overall we are making great progress, and are well on our way to having a completed robot for our Southern Maine competition!

Week 2 is a wrap! Our mechanical subteam finished CADing the robot and is chipping away at making drawings for the manufacturing subteam, which will utilize our knee mill, lathe, and CNC router to machine various parts, the first being the bellypan of the robot. Our electrical team is finishing up the electronics schematic and the wiring plan document to ensure our measurements/extensions are up to date.

Our programming subteam has been compiling the information the mechanical and electrical subteams gave to continue writing code for the competition robot, including implementing vision systems and LEDs.To ensure maximum efficiency, we have also administered cross-functional subsystems, having one mechanical subsystem lead working with a corresponding programming subsystem lead. Lastly, we are working on finishing edits for the website and executive summaries.

467 is starting with a bang! Our team is divided into sub-teams, which split further into specific subsystems. This ensures that the experienced kids are spread out, while the new kids get to learn the ropes. The mechanical subteam contains six prototyping teams; varying from deep cage testing to algae manipulation. These teams are deciding on major design choices and prototyping before heading into CAD to make higher-fidelity designs.

Reefscape is officially live! Our team got together for a watch party of the livestream, and safe to say we were impressed with the new style of gameplay. Excitement carried throughout the day as the team rushed to decrypt the game manual and start to formulate a game plan, even through our lunch break. Cannot wait to see what this season has in store for us, see you at week 1 Southern Maine district event!

Shrewsbury Robotics has come to the end of our 2024/25 FIRST LEGO League season. We have had a great year mentoring teams for Shrewsbury Public Schools and are very pleased with how much they have achieved especially for what is their rookie year for most of them.

We started with 16 teams comprised of 5th-8th grade students, in general 5/6 students on a team. Each team was coached by parent volunteers who in turn were mentored by High School FIRST Robotics team members and mentors. We helped the teams by teaching how to use the new Spike LEGO kits, assistance with building robots and developing projects. In addition, we provided the teams with 2 mock competitions that included full judging sessions.

On Saturday, December 7, our team hosted our 17th Mindstorm Mayhem qualifier. It was an exciting event, allowing young creators to compete on a local level while still being exposed to a competitive environment.

With an incredible turnout of nearly 36 teams, we were able to provide the students with a fun and challenging competition.

In addition, two former FLL members reunited with MC King and took a picture to celebrate as seen below. With smiles all around, our team members created new connections making a truly memorable occasion. As always, we can’t wait for the next time we host Mindstorm Mayhem. See you there!

The weekend before Thanksgiving, FRC Team 467: Center of Mass proudly hosted our 22nd Annual Thanksgiving Pie Bake! This longstanding tradition has been a cherished part of our team’s culture, bringing together students, mentors, parents, and supporters to not only serve our local community but also give back in meaningful ways. Over the years, it has grown into a smooth operation and a heartwarming way to celebrate the season of giving.

We are pleased to share the Team 467 submission for the 2025 FIRST Robotics Safety Animation Award .

The student talent on display here is incredible - all the Storyboards, 2D & 3D Animation, Rendering, Lighting, Soundtrack, Production and Editing were created by the 467 student team members.

Team 14 attended the Marlborough qualifiers and we qualified to go to the states. We also won an innovation project award.

I thank all the Shrewsbury Robotics organizers for their invaluable help and guidance during the mock competitions and outside of it. Without their support we wouldn’t have improved our project, robot design and our game. One lesson we learned during the competition is to teach your kids to review the robot game rubrics carefully and to discuss any discrepancy with the judges respectfully. They were able to point out the gaps and get the scores. I wish all the team the very best for the upcoming qualifiers. Go Shrewsbury!