Build. Test. Learn. Repeat.

Practical guides for a first mechanism, a clear experiment and a group that can explain its decisions. Written by Archytas Workshop Desk.Tiles preview the corresponding diagrams. Guides distinguish predictions from observations.

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Archytas — FRC team 6933

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Arriving from the April 2022 fundraising story? Read the 2022 New England championship appeal and documented competition outcome. For original team imagery, follow the dated source-photo route.

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First activity

Move the pivot, measure the cup.

Independent learning guide

Proposed project

Assembly: parts, joints and revisions.

Independent learning guide

Working together

Handoff: state, revision, next question.

Independent learning guide

Working together

Planning: exit checks before dates.

Independent learning guide

Four more workshop guides

Questions to take to an organizer, a support record to copy and habits to keep after the joke.

For families

Five questions before joining.

You can draw, measure, build, program or explain. Ask how newcomers get to try each role.

Supporting robotics

Offer the part the project needs.

Offer time, tools or suitable space through a verified organizer. This independent website does not accept donations.

Supporting robotics

Record acceptance and actual use.

Separate the offer, handover and actual use; keep conditions and acknowledgement permission beside them.

Workshop notes

The robot passed our entire test.

An original robot comic and a few notebook-sized lessons.

What counts as evidence?

A drawing explains the setup. A prediction says what should happen. A measurement records what did happen. Keep all three visible.

The cup-lifter activity includes a blank record because this edition has not performed the physical trials.

Notebook fields for question, setup, result and next change

Two proposed mechanisms, four workshop tasks

The cup-lifter series separates assembly, measurement, handoff and planning. Those are four tasks around one design, not four tested projects. The four-bar linkage is a distinct proposed mechanism about keeping a bar parallel. Both designs await physical trials.

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