So today's the big day! Our first competition in five and a half years. We have two 'bots with us, and we're about to find out exactly how much we've missed in that time off. [More]

We didn't quite have enough time to finish an antweight, but we've packed up the Pelican case, and we're ready to roll! [More]

We finished up yesterday with a handful of remaining items to complete for the build of this beetle. The level of anticipation was quite high, especially considering that we started this 'bot almost seven years ago! [More]

Buoyed by yesterday's completion of Nihilistic Naysayer 1.0 we turned our attention today to the beetleweight Hyperbolic Hoops 0.9. Our checklist of things to do for this 'bot is smaller than the 12-pounder's was, but we still have plenty to be getting on with. [More]

After proving that the drive issues were due to the speed controllers, we're switching to Victors, so we need to get them installed today. We're pretty upbeat that we might be able to get this done today and wrap up this 'bot. [More]

After last night's disappointment, we were determined to sort out this drive train issue. We posted on the NERC forum and received some good troubleshooting tips which we decided to try out. [More]

Tonight was supposed to be the big night: the initial run of Nihilistic Naysayer 0.9 as a fully completed 'bot. Guess it shouldn't come as a huge surprise that things didn't quite go according to plan ... [More]

We've been whittling down the To Do list for Nihilistic Naysayer 0.9 for a good number of days now, and we're down to the last few items, which are really all wiring and other electrical things. [More]

We're hoping to completely wrap up fabrication tonight, and maybe even get on with some wiring. [More]

All right - today's supposed to be the day the 12lb'er is up and running. We've made pretty good progress in getting it ready for Robothon, so we're really hoping we can wrap up the build today. [More]

We've been doing quite well with the build of Nihilistic Naysayer 0.9 so far, but we're at one of those points where our patience is sorely tried: the drive train. We pretty much always have problems in this area, to one degree or another ... [More]

We wanted to check out the drive train on Nihilistic Naysayer 0.9 and see if we could do anything to help ensure it'll actually roll. [More]

Tonight we worked on the hobbyweight, hoping to finish all the frame pieces and see how far we could get on the drivetrain. The goal is to have the 'bot running by the end of the weekend, so we can spend the week driving it. [More]

We're not usually ones for mixing business with pleasure, but we had to do a quick bit of "building" here at the office, as a small box of waterjetted parts just showed up from Team Whyachi. [More]

We were determined to get as much as possible done on the drive train tonight, but didn't get started until 8:30pm. Still ... the three hours of work went pretty smoothly, and produced some nice results. [More]

This is going to be a dull post - just so you're forewarned! It's one of those evenings where we have lots of little things to do that aren't very photogenic, but need to be done in order to progress. [More]

We'd like to give a huge shout of "Thanks" to Chris and Mike Allison over at Speedster Hobbies. Thanks Chris and Mike for helping us fabricate some very important pieces! [More]

We were stymied earlier this week by not being able to get to tapping some holes in our 12lb'er, so today was all about the thread-cutting ... oh, and some other stuff! [More]