In the very first match of the first off-season competition, our robot Blaise’n 40 lived up to its name, scoring exactly 40 fuel in the boiler during the 15-second autonomous period! What an exciting start to a busy, fun, success-filled … Continued
At the 2017 FIRST World Championship in St. Louis, nearly 700 teams (15,000 students) from 33 countries competed in the four FIRST programs. This is the first year of two world championships, one in Houston and one in St. Louis, … Continued
On April 5-8 at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH, Mechanical Mayhem excitedly competed in the New England District Championship with our robot, Blaise’n 40. Although the first day had a rather rough beginning, Mechanical Mayhem gathered … Continued
Mechanical Mayhem had a wonderful experience at the Pine Tree District Event on March 30-April 1! We enjoyed playing the game with many Maine teams as well as teams from around New England. After ranking first for much of the … Continued
On March 8-10 at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s Harrington Auditorium, Mechanical MAYHEM enthusiastically competed for the first time with our 2017 robot: Blaise’n 40. On the first day of competition, Blaise’n 40 stole the show while maintaining an undefeated winning streak … Continued
Last night our 2017 robot named “Blaise’n 40” was bagged at 11:55pm on Stop Build Day! Blaise‘n 40 is named after Blaise Pascal and the 40 kiloPascals needed for a ranking point which we aim to complete with 40 high goal shots … Continued
A couple days ago, Mechanical Mayhem’s animation subteam submitted the team’s digital animation award entry. The countless hours they invested shine through in this award entry with great animation as well as a powerful theme summarized in the Albert Einstein … Continued
While various subteams have been busy designing, prototyping and building their parts of the robot (drive base, fuel acquisition & scoring, gear acquisition & scoring, climber), the students on the media team put together a short video illustrating what an … Continued
On January 7, the 2017 Mechanical Mayhem team excitedly piled into a crowded basement, awaiting the unveiling of the 2017 FIRST STEAMWORKS game! Robots climb up dangling ropes!?! 600 game pieces and 16 moving parts!?! Human Players are allowed on-field … Continued
On Tuesday, April 26, two dozen eager Mechanical Mayhem students and mentors piled onto a bus. The destination: St. Louis, MO! Along the way, we picked up our old friends from team Andromeda One (4905) from Ayer, MA. Together, the … Continued