Week Before the BID DAY This year our team was fairly successful, according to our standards, and did better than expected, which was our top priority. Although this team was created only a year ago, we managed to take on some really good schools that competed for a long time. During the…
By next competition, we hope to have a more accurate way of measuring the distance that Monty has traveled. This past competition, the only distance measurements we relied upon were those made by GPS; Although the calculations proved reliable to a certain extent, there is a lot of room for…
The long months have gone by without much visible progress; however, rapid headway is undergoing. During the important WASC weekend, PVIT and some members of the Team applied Epoxy onto the canoe, despite the heavy hurricane-like storm. The new paint job and the colors on the boat shine brightly. The PSA…
As May gets closer, the Team works harder to make the empty hull into a solar-infused masterpiece. The Public Service Announcement (PSA) script, which has been submitted, went for evaluation came back with some critical feedback by the water district. Due April 10th, only a few more weeks away, the…
We are all incredibly diverse here at PVIT (no, really!). In Robomagellan alone we have students in seemingly all of the activities PVHS has to offer. We have percussionists, saxophonists, varsity lacrosse players, runners, editors from Live from 205 (our school news program), tennis players, laser enthusiasts (with two functional eyes!),…
Last year we had a big problem with our chosen camera, a specialized robotics camera made by Carnegie Mellon University. We could never get it to work outside, no matter the weather conditions. This year has barely started and we already have a fully functioning camera that can identify cones indoors and…
