Bogue Chitto Qualifier!

On January 14th, Trial and Error Robotics participated in our second qualifier of the season hosted by FTC Team #6273 Technocats in Bogue Chitto, MS where we competed in 6 matches against 8 different teams from across the state. The day began with a rocky start after we left our engineering portfolio at our meeting…

Alumni Update: Trevor Robinson

Trevor Robinson is an Alumni of Trial and Error Robotics who participated as a member of the build team during his three years on the team. After graduating in 2021, Trevor translated his experience with 3-D printing and industrial design that he gained on the team into his hobbies and eventually a student internship at…

Alumni Update: Gray Weaver

Gray Weaver is an alumni of Trial and Error Robotics, currently serving as an Americorps NCCC corps member in Washington state. Gray participated in the FTC program on Trial and Error for five years as a programmer. During the 2021-2022 Freight Frenzy season, Gray served as a one-man army being the sole programmer on our…

Colonel Patterson Visit!

On November 17th, Trial and Error Robotics had the pleasure of hosting ERDC’s Colonel Christian Patterson in our workshop at ERDC’s Future Workforce Development (FWD) Center. During his visit, we presented the Colonel with the operations of our team, as well as information on Gracious Professionalism and the FIRST organization as a whole. We spoke…

We got a Gantt Chart!

To aid in our project management, we at Trial and Error Robotics have recently employed the use of a Gantt chart. A Gantt chart is popular project management tool that acts as a visual representation of a team’s schedule along with the resources needed throughout it’s duration. It also displays how deadlines relate to our…