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Understanding the Math behind Launching Projectiles
The slideshow below shows an in-depth explanation of how to derive each formula to calculate the unknown variables when playing around with projectile launching.
Online Classes – WeDo, Intro to Design, and Advanced CAD
During the summer, the Innov8rz held several online courses per week about various robotics topics including WeDo, EV3, Intro to Design, Advanced CAD, Intro to Java, and Python. I participated in teaching and developing the [...]
What I’ve Learned So Far
I've been in the Innov8rz FTC team for about a month now and I have learned a lot from the team. I'm part of the Mechanical side of the team which is split into 2 [...]
Online Classes – EV3 and Advanced CAD
Over the course of this summer, our team was tasked with designing a curriculum for younger students. There were various topics to choose from: WeDo, EV3, Intro to Design, Advanced CAD, Java Development, and Intro [...]
Innov8rz 6-Week Online Camp
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were without a solution to holding our regular outreaches during the summer. So, we decided to take things to the online world and teach students via video calls [...]
What I have learned so far in Fusion 360
August 17, 2020 I joined Innov8rz in July, as part of the Mechanical division. When I first joined Innov8rz, I knew very little about CAD. With the help and guidance of the team, I was [...]
What I’ve Learned From Innov8rz: Veer
Innov8rz has helped me and taught me several new things. Before I was using Tinkercad, but now Autodesk Fusion 360 has even more tools to improve my projects. The competitions are cool and by joining [...]
The Future of FIRST Tech Challenge: TeleDrive
What is TeleDrive? The COVID-19 pandemic left FIRST Tech Challenge competitions, scrimmages, and team driver practice in the dark. Because of local restrictions, many teams use online resources like Zoom to communicate and start [...]
CAD Designs Available on Thingiverse
We have just released many of our CAD designs on Thingiverse! Visit www.innov8rz.net/thingiverse to check out our sensor designs, and battery and phone mounts!
Using Git with Android Studio for the FTC App
This tutorial should help you learn how to use Git with the FTC app, allowing you to clone the latest project from GitHub, and update the project later on without having to download a new [...]
Writing a Blog Post in WordPress with Fusion Builder
This video will help you write a blog post in WordPress with Fusion Builder!
Learning CAD with Autodesk Fusion 360
Learning How to Use CAD Software April 22, 2017 I joined the Innov8rz team in March, working in the CAD department. I was new to using and designing things with CAD. At first, using [...]
FIRST Panorama Outreach
FIRST Panorama Outreach @ Innovation Hanger at the Palace Of Fine Arts March 4, 2017 On March 4, our team had the opportunity of attending FIRST Panorama, an outreach event where FLL teams, FTC teams, [...]
NorCal Regionals Championship 2016-2017
FTC NorCal Regionals Championship @ Newark Memorial High School, Newark, CA February 19th 2017 Our Innov8rz team #11039 got an invitation to compete in the NorCal Regionals Championship that was held on Sunday [...]
World’s Fair Nano Outreach
World's Fair Nano Expo Outreach @ Pier 70, San Francisco January 29, 2017 Besides our Scouts outreach, we went to the World's Fair Nano Expo, where many startup companies, showcased and advertised their products. [...]
Roseville Qualifier
Roseville Qualifier @ Roseville High School, Sacramento January 21, 2017 On January 21st, our 3rd and final qualifier began in a state of excitement. Avikam and I were the only team members present at [...]
Carmichael Qualifier
Carmicheal Qualifier January 8, 2017 This qualifier was the most successful qualifier that we have ever participated in. Throughout the various aspects of our tournament, we had showed much more improvement compared to our [...]
Scouts Outreach
Scouts Outreach December 4, 2016 One of the most crucial aspects of FTC is outreach. Midway through one of our engineering marathon for the robot, we had outreached to a group of Cub Scouts (Den [...]
Thanksgiving Marathon
Over thanksgiving we made quite a bit of progress, we were able to assemble our collection mechanism and were also able to complete our outreach presentation that we plan to present in the near future. [...]
Creating Your First Op Mode for First Tech Challenge
This tutorial will help you create your first Op Mode for the First Tech Challenge. Let's get started! Launch Android Studio and open the FTC App Master project. On the left side browser, go into [...]
Setting Up Android Studio for First Tech Challenge
Step 1: Download Android Studio At this point, do not install Android Studio. It will require a compatible JDK, or Java Development Kit, for installation. Step 2: Download and Install the Java Development Kit [...]