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…

First Qualifier of the Season!

On December 3rd, Trial and Error Robotics attended our first qualifier of the 2022-2023 Power Play season hosted by Team #6302 Odyssey at Hartfield Academy in Flowood MS. During the competition, we interacted with and competed in alliances alongside ten other teams from across the state. Since our team’s roster boasts many members new to…

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…

Louis DeMola and ADDiTEC

On October 13th we at Trial and Error Robotics hosted friend of the team Louis DeMola. Louis is a mechanical engineer for ADDiTEC, a company on the cutting edge of multi-laser metal 3D printing technology. Vicksburg’s ERDC (Engineer Research and Development Center) recently purchased ADDiTEC’s MilleBot accessory which modifies the MilleBot, enabling large prints of…